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The explosion and aftermath at the Crater become synonymous with Petersburg combat, as shown in period sketches.

Learn more about the Petersburg Campaign. Our 10 Facts are designed to help expand your knowledge and appreciation for this 9 and a half month Civil...

Article by historian A. Wilson Greene discussing the fierce combat at the Crater on July 30, 1864, during the Petersburg Campaign.

An article by historian A. Wilson Greene detailing the construction of the mine at the site which would later become the Battle of the Crater.

Article discussing the explosion of the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864.

On the morning of July 30, 1864, Union troops exploded a mine underneath Elliott's Salient, an earthwork (jutting out to form an angle) defending...

HISTORICAL MAP | Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Virginia and June 22, 1864

HISTORICAL MAP | General Grant's campaign war map of Richmond, Petersburg, and vicinity

While born into slavery in Richmond, Virginia, on October 8, 1837, Powhatan Beaty and his family forged a path to freedom, settling in the free state...

BATTLE MAP | American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of The Crater, Virginia on July 30, 1864

It was 1861 when Michigan’s legislature dismissed the idea of George Copway — a popular Methodist minister and Chippewa — to recruit a regiment of...