About this episode:
It was the fourth summer of the war, and Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign had sledgehammered its way down to Petersburg, Virginia. It had been a campaign that had bled both blue and grey armies white. There, east of town, under oppressive heat and humidity that walks hand-in-hand with the month of July, a daring plan unfolded - which, if successful, might end the war. Instead, it added to the slaughter. This is the story of an engineering marvel - a tunnel. This is the story of The Battle Of The Crater. ----more----
Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
*** Map Source: The Civil War Trust - CivilWar.org
*** Painting Source: Painting by Tom Lovell
Get The Guide:
Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.
Producer: Dan Irving
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32 - The Election of 1860
31 - Mr. Lincoln's Pilgrimage to the Banks of Antietam Creek
30 - "No Quarter!" - The Border War Between Kansas and Missouri
29 - The New York City Draft Riots
28 - "Useless! Useless!" - The Flight of John Wilkes Booth
27 - April 14th, 1865
26 - Clash In The Ozarks - Pea Ridge
25 - Assassination from the Bottom of the Sea - The Hunley
24 - Misery at Murfreesboro - the Battle of Stones River
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