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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13 - Thunder On The Rivers Tennessee And Cumberland: Forts Henry And Donelson
12 - The Gibraltar Of The Confederacy - Fort Fisher
11 - Fredericksburg And The Winter Of 1862-'63
10 - Mr. Lincoln Goes To Gettysburg
9 - The Ram Of The Roanoke - The CSS Albemarle
8 - Sheer Unadulterated Violence: The Battle Of Antietam
7 - Little Mac: Letters From George B. McClellan
6 - The Plains Of Manassas
5 - "Stonewall" - Part 02
4 - ”Stonewall” - Part 01
3 - Lee And Grant - Their Finest Hour
2 - Call To Duty: The Common Soldier - 1861
1 - Flashpoint 1861 Fort Sumter
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