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Horrid Pit, The - The Battle of the Crater

By: Carroll & Graf

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Carroll & Graf)

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Product Info

Title
Horrid Pit, The - The Battle of the Crater
Publisher
Category
Author
Alan Axelrod
Publish Year
2007
Pages
284
Dimensions
6.25x9.5x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147930327
Type
Novel - Hardcover

Description

One of the American Civil War's most horrific events took place on July 30, 1864: the slaughter of thousands of Union troops, including many African-Americans, in a giant pit outside Petersburg, Va. The pit was created as a result of a poorly planned and executed Union mission to tunnel under Confederate lines and blow a hole in them, thereby opening the gates to a full frontal assault on Petersburg that, if successful, could have helped decide the war. Instead, after several hundred Confederates perished in the initial mine explosion, the Union troops entered the crater—later known as The Pit—and were gunned down.