18 - "Hell Has Busted" - The Battle Of The Crater

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.

Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:

Henry Pleasants

George G. Meade

E. Porter Alexander

Ambrose E. Burnside

Edward Ferrero

James H. Ledlie

 

Other References From 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