The Battle of the Crater, Petersburg Battlefield, Virginia

 

Who could have conceived, and carried out, such a plan other than Pennsylvania coal miners? 

                   

                 The area of the explosion.                                                          The entrance to the mine.         

1864 Timothy H. O'Sullivan photo of the Crater.


   

Coverage of the mine explosion in the August 20, 1864 edition of Harper's Weekly.

A map of the Battle of the Crater courtesy of the American Battlefield Trust.

Battle of the Crater

The 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Calamity in the Crater

Chaos Beyond the Crater

The Siege of Petersburg in 4 Minutes

American Battlefield Trust Video

Hell Has Busted


The distance of the Crater from the National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 246 miles.
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