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  • Civil War Book Review: Remembering The Battle of the Crater: War as Murder

    Remembering The Battle of the Crater: War as Murder by Kevin M. Levin Product Details Hardcover: 200 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (June 19, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813136105 ISBN-13: 978-0813136103 Unlike Fort Pillow, what occurred at the Crater is not open to debate.  Whites on both sides murdered members of the United […]

  • The Battle of the Crater: 148 Years Ago Today

    The Battle of the Crater, arguably the most famous battle of the Siege of Petersburg, occurred on this date 148 years ago, on July 30, 1864.  For further information on the battle of the Crater, as well as numerous first person accounts, see my Battle of the Crater page at the Siege of Petersburg Online. […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Battle of the Crater: A Novel

    The Battle of the Crater: A Novel by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen & Albert S. Hanser Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books November 2011 Language: English ISBN-10: 0312607105 ISBN-13: 978-0312607104   The Battle of the Crater is not one of the Army of the Potomac’s best moments.  Conceived as the attack […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg

    Editor’s Note: This Civil War book review originally appeared at The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater earlier today. Hess, Earl J. Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg. The University of South Carolina Press (September 30, 2010). 352 pp., 45 illustrations, maps, order of battle, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-57003-922-5 $44.95 (Cloth). […]