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New Perspectives on Military Engagements — The Civil War Battle of the Crater: An Engineering Inspiration
In June 1864, following weeks of brutal conflict, the Union’s Army of the Potomac assembled outside of the Confederate military’s fortified city of Petersburg, Virginia. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, the general-in-chief of the Union armies, feinted toward Richmond to confuse his Confederate counterpart, General Robert E. Lee, and then crossed the James River and headed straight to Petersburg. To avoid a siege and a prolongation of the war, Grant ordered General George G. Meade, the commander of the Army of the Potomac, to attack. The Union assaults June 15–18 failed to take the city and forced the Union army to adopt siege tactics against Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. From June 15, 1864, to April 2, 1865, the Union and Confederate armies would spend their days digging, shooting, and shelling their way to the war’s end. In that nearly yearlong period, one particular battle stands out as a testament to engineering ingenuity and battlefield heroics: the Battle of the Crater. This battle was the Union attempt to breach a portion of the Confederate defenses by digging a mine and detonating explosives within it. In less than one month, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants and his 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment—a volunteer unit made up primarily of coal miners—dug, constructed, and exploded the mine. This is their story.
New Perspectives on Military Engagements — The Civil War Battle of the Crater: An Engineering Inspiration
In June 1864, following weeks of brutal conflict, the Union’s Army of the Potomac assembled outside of the Confederate military’s fortified city of Petersburg, Virginia. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, the general-in-chief of the Union armies, feinted toward Richmond to confuse his Confederate counterpart, General Robert E. Lee, and then crossed the James River and headed straight to Petersburg. To avoid a siege and a prolongation of the war, Grant ordered General George G. Meade, the commander of the Army of the Potomac, to attack. The Union assaults June 15–18 failed to take the city and forced the Union army to adopt siege tactics against Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. From June 15, 1864, to April 2, 1865, the Union and Confederate armies would spend their days digging, shooting, and shelling their way to the war’s end. In that nearly yearlong period, one particular battle stands out as a testament to engineering ingenuity and battlefield heroics: the Battle of the Crater. This battle was the Union attempt to breach a portion of the Confederate defenses by digging a mine and detonating explosives within it. In less than one month, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants and his 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment—a volunteer unit made up primarily of coal miners—dug, constructed, and exploded the mine. This is their story.
New Perspectives on Military Engagements — The Civil War Battle of the Crater: An Engineering Inspiration
Hennessy, Colin (Autor:in) / Barry, Brock E. (Autor:in)
Civil Engineering Magazine Archive ; 83 ; 62-66
01.01.2016
52013-01-01 pages
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