The Battle of the Crater: A Complete HistoryThe Battle of the Crater is one of the lesser known yet most interesting battles of the Civil War. This book, detailing the onset of brutal trench warfare at Petersburg, Virginia, digs deeply into the military and political background of the battle. Beginning by tracing the rival armies through the bitter conflicts of the Overland Campaign and culminating with the siege of Petersburg and the battle intended to lift that siege, this book offers a candid look at the perception of the campaign by both sides. |
Contents
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War in the Trenches | 34 |
The Earth Movers | 50 |
The Deep Bottom Diversion | 75 |
A Change of Plans | 85 |
The Men Are ReadyAre the Generals? | 107 |
Forward and with Cold Steel | 232 |
A Veritable Slaughter Pen | 260 |
A Sad Days Work and Nothing Gained | 281 |
Such a Lot of Fools Did Not Deserve to Succeed | 309 |
A Perfect Success Except It Did Not Succeed | 335 |
Organization of Opposing Forces | 343 |
Casualties of the Battle of the Crater | 352 |
Medal of Honor Recipients and Confederate Roll of Honor Recipients | 357 |
Inferno at Petersburg | 126 |
The First Division Enters the Breach | 139 |
The Initial Response in Defense of the Breach | 156 |
Push Forward to the Crest at Once | 170 |
The Federal Advance Is Halted | 189 |
Into the Valley of Death | 213 |
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14th New York A.P. Hill abatis advance Appomattox Army of Northern artillery assault attack Bartlett battery bayonets Beauregard Bermuda Hundred black soldiers black troops breastworks brigade Burnside Burnside’s Captain captured cavalry Cavanaugh Cemetery Hill charge Colored Troops command Company Confederate Confederate line Crater crest Cutcheon Eighteenth Corps Elliott’s Brigade Elliott’s Salient enemy enemy’s explosion Federal lines feet Ferrero’s fighting fire flank force forward front Grant Griffin guns Hancock Hartranft Haskell headquarters Henry Pleasants Infantry James JCCW Jerusalem Plank Road John July killed Last Citadel later Ledlie Ledlie’s Lee’s Lieutenant Colonel Mahone Mahone’s Major Marvel Massachusetts Meade Meade’s mortars move Ninth Corps North officers Orlando Willcox Overland Campaign Pennsylvania Petersburg Pleasants position Potomac Potter prisoners ravine rear Rebel regiment reported Richmond rifle second brigade Sergeant sharpshooters side soon South Carolina Trudeau U.S. Colored Troops Union USCT Warren Willcox William wounded Wright’s yards