The Battle of the Crater: 147 Years Ago Today

Battle of the Crater, Alfred Waud, Harper's Weekly, 22 Aug. 1864, p. 548.

By far the most famous and awe-inspiring battle of the Siege of Petersburg, the Battle of the Crater, occurred 147 years ago today.  The Battle of the Crater featured the longest tunnel dug in siege operations in the entire American Civil War, a massive explosion which caused even battle hardened veterans to mull about dumbstruck for several minutes after, the first large scale use of African-American soldiers in the Petersburg Campaign and Confederate response to this, and what historian Earl Hess, among many others, believes was a massacre based on available evidence.  The dreadful Union performance at the Battle of the Crater led directly to the courts-martial of both the luckless Ambrose Burnside and his cowardly division commander James Ledlie in the battle’s aftermath.

It’s no wonder the battle ignites the imagination of so many students of the Civil War.  I thought I’d take a moment today to direct The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater’s users to some of the resources available at the site.  First, check out the Battle of the Crater battle summary page and Battle of the Crater maps page.  For even more in depth information, see the following areas:

Battle of the Crater Bibliography & Books Reviewed:

• A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater by A. Wilson Greene
• Into The Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg by Earl J. Hess
• No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864 by Richard Slotkin
• Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder by Kevin M. Levin
• The Battle of the Crater: A Complete History by John F. Schmutz
• The Crater: Burnside’s Assault on the Confederate Trenches July 30, 1864 by John Cannan
• The Horrid Pit: The Battle of the Crater, The Civil War’s Cruelest Mission by Alan Axelrod
• The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of the Crater “the Horrid Pit” June 25-August 6, 1864 by Michael Arthur Cavanaugh
• Blue & Gray Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 5 (2014): Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864

• Book Review: A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater by A. Wilson Greene
• Book Review: Burnside’s Boys: The Union’s Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East by Darin Wipperman
• Book Review: Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign
• Book Review: Remember me to all the friends: Civil War Letters from George W. Harwood Massachusetts 36th Regiment edited by Janet M. Drake
• Book Review: The 117th New York Infantry in the Civil War: A History and Roster by James S. Pula
• Book Review: Through Blood and Fire: The Civil War Letters of Major Charles J. Mills, 1862-1865 edited by J. Gregory Acken
• Civil War Book Preview: Ed Bearss’ The Petersburg Campaign, Vol. 1: The Eastern Front Battles, June – August 1864
• Review In Brief: Mother, May You Never See The Sights I Have Seen
• Review: Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg
• Review: The Crater: Burnside’s Assault on the Confederate Trenches July 30, 1864
• The Top 7 Best Books: Battle of the Crater

Battle of the Crater Posts at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: July 30, 1864
• 150 Years Ago Today: The Battle of the Crater: July 30, 1864
• 864gag: Union Artillery Detonation of the Mine Siege of Petersburg 30 July 1864
• A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater by A. Wilson Greene
• Into The Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg by Earl J. Hess
• No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864 by Richard Slotkin
• Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder by Kevin M. Levin
• The Battle of the Crater: A Complete History by John F. Schmutz
• The Crater: Burnside’s Assault on the Confederate Trenches July 30, 1864 by John Cannan
• The Horrid Pit: The Battle of the Crater, The Civil War’s Cruelest Mission by Alan Axelrod
• The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of the Crater “the Horrid Pit” June 25-August 6, 1864 by Michael Arthur Cavanaugh
• Account of the Battle of the Mine Explosion… by Silas Stevenson, 100th Pennsylvania
• B&L: In the Crater by Charles H. Houghton
• B&L: The Battle of the Petersburg Crater by William H. Powell
• B&L: The Colored Troops At Petersburg by Henry Goddard Thomas
• Battle of the Crater John E. Horn Map, July 30, 1864: The Virginia Brigade Charges, 8:45 A.M.
• Battle of the Crater: Details of the Mine (Battles and Leaders)
• Battle of the Crater: Diagram of the Crater (Battles and Leaders)
• Battles of the Crater and of June 22nd
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864 Map 1
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864 Map 2
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864 Map 3
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864 Map 4
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864 Map 5
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864 TOPO
• Blue & Gray Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 5 (2014): Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864
• Book Review: A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater by A. Wilson Greene
• Book Review: Burnside’s Boys: The Union’s Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East by Darin Wipperman
• Book Review: Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign
• Book Review: Remember me to all the friends: Civil War Letters from George W. Harwood Massachusetts 36th Regiment edited by Janet M. Drake
• Book Review: The 117th New York Infantry in the Civil War: A History and Roster by James S. Pula
• Book Review: Through Blood and Fire: The Civil War Letters of Major Charles J. Mills, 1862-1865 edited by J. Gregory Acken
• BTC Notes: Into The Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg by Earl J. Hess
• BTC Sources: Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder
• Capt. D. N. Walker’s Notes on the “Crater Fight,” July 30, 1864
• CENTURY V34 N05: A Dash into the Crater by George L. Kilmer
• CENTURY V35 N02: An Anecdote of the Petersburg Crater
• CENTURY V35 N03: Gen. Robert B. Potter and the Assault at the Petersburg Crater by Henry C. Potter
• Charge! Issue 18, Page 22: Battle of the Crater by Michael Wedding
• Civil War Book Preview: Ed Bearss’ The Petersburg Campaign, Vol. 1: The Eastern Front Battles, June – August 1864
• CLARK NC: 24th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 25th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 35th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 42nd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: Ellis North Carolina Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg
• Confederate Casualties at the Crater: July 30, 1864
• Confederate Casualties June-July 1864 Kepi Articles by Bryce Suderow
• Crater Countdown: First Person Accounts from the Petersburg Campaign’s Most Famous Battle
• CT AG 65-66: Report of Major Thomas Wright, 31st USCT, of operations June 4-November 6, 1864
• CV: V1N2: Carnage at “The Crater,” Near Petersburg
• CV: V3N1: The Crater Battle, 30th July, 1864
• CV: V3N2: Alabamians in the Crater Battle
• DI: July 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• DIAGRAM: General Burnside’s Mine, July 30 (NP: Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Ed Bearss Crater Troop Movement Maps
• George S. Gove Letter: August 2, 1864
• Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac, July 28th, 1864 (OR Atlas 64:1)
• Henry F. Charles Memoirs: Jerusalem Plank Road and the Crater
• LT: August 1, 1864 Warren H. Freeman (13th/39th Massachusetts)
• LT: August 13, 1864 John Lobdill (117th New York)
• LT: August 16, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: August 2, 1864 Harvey J. Hightower (20th Georgia)
• LT: August 4, 1864 Anonymous (11th MA Battery)
• LT: August 4, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• LT: August 6, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• LT: August 8, 1864 Spencer G. Welch (13th South Carolina)
• LT: July 30, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: July 31, 1864 Clement E. Warner (36th Wisconsin)
• LT: July 31, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: March 4, 1865 Theodore Lyman
• LT: November 2, 1864 Reuben P. H. Morris (2nd Michigan)
• MHSM Papers V5: The Petersburg Mine by Brevet Brigadier-General Stephen M. Weld
• MHSM Papers V5: The Petersburg Mine by Captain Charles H. Porter
• MOLLUS IL V2: The Negro as a Soldier by William E. Furness
• MOLLUS IL V3: The Petersburg Mine by Walter C. Newberry
• MOLLUS MA V1: Fourteen Months’ Service with Colored Troops by Solon A. Carter
• MOLLUS ME V1: The Battle of “The Crater” by Captain Horace H. Burbank
• MOLLUS ME V1: With the Seventh Maine Battery by Brevet Major William B. Lapham
• NP: Philadelphia Weekly Times: A Campaign With Sharpshooters by Captain John D. Young
• NP: April 15, 1907 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: The Truth About the Battle of the Crater (64th GA)
• NP: August 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: A Richmond Editor’s View of Grant’s Third Offensive
• NP: August 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, July 30
• NP: August 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 27-30, 1864
• NP: August 1, 1897 Springfield (MA) Republican: Terrible Battle of the Mine
• NP: August 10, 1864 The Southern Banner (Athens, GA): Wright’s Brigade at the Crater, July 30, 1864
• NP: August 12, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 110th PA at First Deep Bottom, July 26-30, 1864
• NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA Observes the Crater Battle
• NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 32nd MA Observes the Crater Battle
• NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 32nd MA, the Crater, and a Feud
• NP: August 14, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 48th NY at the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864
• NP: August 16, 1864 New York Evening Post: The Colored Troops at Petersburg
• NP: August 16, 1864 Vicksburg Daily Herald: From Before Petersburg, Va (Battle of the Crater)
• NP: August 18, 1864 Pittsfield (MA) Sun: Extract of a letter from a member of Co. E, 27th Mass. Vols.
• NP: August 19, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 21st PA Cav and the Crater, July 30, 1864
• NP: August 19, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 21st PA Cav and the Crater, Part 2
• NP: August 2, 1864 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin: Casualties 100th PA
• NP: August 2, 1896 The State (Columbia, SC): A Hero of the Crater
• NP: August 20, 1864 Irish-American (NY): The Petersburg Failure
• NP: August 21, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 95th NY Witnesses the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864
• NP: August 4, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: Col. Marshall Captured, 14th NYHA
• NP: August 5, 1864 Vermont Phoenix: Our Army Correspondence, 17th Vermont at the Crater
• NP: August 7, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): An “Old Soldier” Visits the 5th NY July-August 1864
• NP: August 7, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 146th New York, Black Troops, Back Pay, and 500,000 More at Petersburg, August 1864
• NP: August 7, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 170th New York at First Deep Bottom, July 1864
• NP: August 7, 1910 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Wise’s Virginia Brigade at the Crater
• NP: August 9, 1905 Anderson (SC) Intelligencer: Recapture of the Crater
• NP: December 16, 1895 The State (Columbia, SC): ELLIOTT’S BRIGADE. How It Held The Crater and Saved Petersburg.
• NP: December 6, 1896 Birmingham Age-Herald: The 10th Alabama at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: December 9, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Bermuda Hundred, Second Petersburg and Chaffin’s Farm, May-November, 1864
• NP: February 19, 1953 Sandy Creek (NY) News: Thomas Moore (96th NY) at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 1
• NP: February 4, 1886 Anderson (SC) Intelligencer: A Story of the Battle of the Crater
• NP: January 29, 1901 Richmond Dispatch: Heavy Losses in Battle: Mahone’s Sharpshooters at the Crater, July 30
• NP: January 31, 1898 The State (Columbia, SC): Elliott’s Brigade at the Crater
• NP: July 19, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 21: Two Memorable Petersburg Spectacles
• NP: July 21, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 6
• NP: July 24, 1910 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Crater Anecdotes
• NP: July 30, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 22: The Battle Of The Crater
• NP: July 31, 1889 Evening Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA): The Siege of Petersburg
• NP: July 31, 1907 Baltimore Sun: 2nd PA Provisional Heavy Artillery Visits the Crater
• NP: July 31, 1964 Oakland Tribune: Timothy S. McAlister Describes the Crater
• NP: July 31, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 23: Aftermath Of The Crater
• NP: March 30, 1893 Boston Journal: 3rd Maine Battery at the Crater
• NP: March 5, 1899 The State (Columbia, SC): Elliott’s Brigade in the Crater Fight
• NP: May 13, 1908 St. Johnsville NY News: John Reardon Diary (115th NY): July 18-August 17, 1864
• NP: May 30, 1897 Springfield (MA) Republican: “Captain Jack” of the 9th NH at the Crater
• NP: November 15, 1896 Birmingham Age-Herald: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
• NP: November 30, 1885 Atlanta Constitution: The Battle of the Crater
• NP: October 1, 1864 Easton (MD) Gazette: Army Correspondence, Maryland Union Soldier
• NP: October 22, 1905 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
• NP: September 10, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 1
• NP: September 16, 1878 Petersburg Index-Appeal: A Terrible Story of the Crater
• NP: September 17, 1864 Binghamton Republican: Col. B.F. Tracy and Col. I.S. Catlin
• NP: September 17, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 2
• NP: September 2, 1864 Boston Recorder: The Repulse at Petersburg, July 30, 1864
• NP: September 2, 1906 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: 64th Georgia at the Crater
• NT: February 25, 1882 National Tribune: Battle of the Crater: Petersburg, July 30, 1864
• NT: June 25, 1903 National Tribune: Battle of the Crater
• NT: October 17, 1907 National Tribune: The Massacre in the Crater
• NT: September 10, 1881 National Tribune: Petersburg Revisited
• Octave Bruso Diary: Week of July 24, 1864
• OR LI P1: Report of Bvt. Major General Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Union Armies, July 1, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Richard N. Batchelder, Chief Quartermaster, AotP, June 30, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• OR XL P1 #101: Report of Captain Edwin B. Dow, 6th ME Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #114: Report of Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, July 27-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #115: Reports of Colonel Wiliam S. Tilton, 22nd MA, commanding 1/1/V/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #120: Report of Colonel Alfred L. Pearson, 155th PA, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #121: Report of Major Oliver B. Knowles, 21st PA Cav, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #124: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Wiliam A. Throop, 1st MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #125: Report of Captain Guy W. Fuller, 16th MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #126: Report of Major Edward B. Knox, 44th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #128: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Herring, 118th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #133: Report of Brigadier General Lysander Cutler, commanding 4/V/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #142: Reports of Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #143: Report of Lieutenant Robert E. Rogers, Btty B 1st NY Lt Arty, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #145: Report of Lieutenant James B. Hazelton, Btty E 1st NY Lt Arty, July 11-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #146: Reports of Captain Charles E. Mink, Btty H 1st NY Lt Arty, June 18-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #169: Report of Lieutenant Augustin N. Parsons, Btty A 1st NJ Lt Arty, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #175: Reports of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, commanding IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #176: Reports of Brigadier General James H. Ledlie, 1/IX/AotP, June 17 and July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #177: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Barnes, 29th MA, commanding 1/1/IX/AotP, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #178: Report of Captain Willard D. Tripp, 29th MA, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #179: Report of Lieutenant John M. Deane, 29th MA, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #180: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert P. Robinson, 3rd MD, commanding 2/1/IX/AotP, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #181: Report of Captain Albert A. Terrill, 179th NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #182: Reports of Captain Benjamin F. Smiley, 2nd PAHA (Provisional), commanding Mortar Battery, June 26-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #183: Reports of Brigadier General Robert B. Potter, commanding 2/IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #184: Report of Colonel Zenas R. Bliss, 7th RI, commanding 1/2/IX/AotP, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #185: Report of Captain Thaddeus L. Barker, 36th MA, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #186: Report of Captain Everett S. Horton, 58th MA, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #187: Report of Colonel John Fisk, 2nd NY Mtd Rifles (dismounted), July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #188: Report of Major John G. Wright, 51st NY, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #189: Report of Captain Theodore Gregg, 45th PA, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #190: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants, 48th PA, June 25-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #191: Report of Major James T. P. Bucklin, 4th RI, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #192: Reports of Captain Percy Daniels, 7th RI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #193: Report of Brigadier General Simon G. Griffin, commanding 2/2/IX/AotP, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #194: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cummings, 17th VT, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #195: Reports of Brigadier General Orlando B. Willcox, commanding 3/IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #196: Reports of Brigadier General John F. Hartranft, commanding 1/3/IX/AotP, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #197: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Ely, 8th MI, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #198: Report of Captain Richard Vosper, 27th MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #199: Report of Captain Edwin Evans, 109th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #1: Report of Lt Gen U. S. Grant June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #200: Report of Captain Joseph K. Bolton, 51st PA, June 15-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #201. Report of Colonel Samuel Harriman, 37th WI, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #202: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Colwert K. Pier, 38th WI, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #204: Report of Colonel William Humphrey, 2nd MI, commanding 2/3/IX/AotP, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #205: Report of Colonel Charles V. De Land, 1st MI SS, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #208: Reports of Captain Alphons Serviere, 46th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #211: Report of Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, commanding 4/IX/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #212: Report of Colonel Joshua K. Sigfried, 48th PA, commanding 1/4/IX/AotP, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #213: Report of Colonel Henry G. Thomas, 19th USCT, commanding 2/4/IX/AotP, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #214: Report of Lieutenant Colonel J. Albert Monroe, 1st RI Lt Arty, Arty/IX/AotP, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #215: Reports of Captain Albert F. Thomas, 2nd ME Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #216: Report of Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo, 3rd ME Btty, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #217: Report of Lieutenant Seth A. Emery, 3rd ME Btty, July 9-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #218: Reports of Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell, 7th ME Btty, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #219: Reports of Captain Edward J. Jones, 11th MA Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #221: Reports of Captain Edward W. Rogers, 19th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #223: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #224: Reports of Lieutenant George W. Silvis, Btty D PA Lt Arty, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #225: Reports of Captain Romeo H. Start, 3rd VT Btty, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #244: Reports of Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, June 14-October 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #258: Reports of Brigadier General John W. Turner, commanding 2/X/AotJ, June 23-July 1 and July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #259: Reports of Colonel N. Martin Curtis, 142nd NY, commanding 1/2/X/AotJ, June 15-18 and July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #260: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Coan, 48th NY, commanding 2/2/X/AotJ, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #261: Reports of Colonel Louis Bell, 4th NH, commanding 3/2/X/AotJ, June 30 and July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #263: Report of Major General Edward O. C. Ord, commanding XVIII/AotJ, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #264: Report of Brigadier General Hiram Burnham, commanding 1/XVIII/AotJ, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #266: Report of Colonel Aaron F. Stevens, 13th NH, commanding 1/1/XVIII/AotJ, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #268: Report of Colonel Edgar M. Cullen, 96th NY, commanding 2/1/XVIII/AotJ, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #270: Reports of Colonel Guy V. Henry, 40th MA, commanding 3/1/XVIII/AotJ, June 15-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #271: Report of Captain James F. Brown, 21st CT, June 13-August 26, 1864
• OR XL P1 #272: Report of Brigadier General Adelbert Ames, commanding 2/XVIII/AotJ, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #276: Report of Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr, commanding 3/XVIII/AotJ, July 29-31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #278: Report of Colonel Alexander Piper, 10th NYHA, Arty/XVIII/AotJ, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #292: Medals of Honor, June 15-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #293: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding ANV, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #294: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Arty/ANV, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #302: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, June 16-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #304: Report of Captain William H. Whitner, AAIG, Johnson/DNCSV, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #307: Report of Lieutenant C. C. Haile, 23rd SC, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #314: Confederate Roll of Honor, July 30-October 7, 1864
• OR XL P1 #4: Record of the Court of Inquiry on the Mine Explosion during The Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #81: Report of Captain John B. Vande Wiele, 4th NYHA, June 12-August 5, 1864
• OR XL P1 #87: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Neeper, 57th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #88: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George Zinn, 84th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #89: Report of Captain John C. Conser, 105th PA, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #91: Report of Captain John Wilson, 1st USSS, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #93: Report of Major Charles C. Rivers, 11th MA, July 26-31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #94: Report of Captain Thomas C. Godfrey, 5th NJ, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #96: Report of Major Virgil M. Healy, 8th NJ, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #164: Report of Colonel Charles Wheelock, 97th NY, commanding 2/3/V/AotP, July 29-August 30, 1864
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
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• Review In Brief: Mother, May You Never See The Sights I Have Seen
• Review: Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg
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