Siege of Petersburg, The Explosion of the Mine, July 30, 1864, campaign map, zoomable image

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John Osborne, Dickinson College

Scan date

01/03/2013

Notes

Sized, cropped, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 25, 2013

Depicted ContentPetersburg, VA

Depicted ContentIn Virginia, a spectacular Union attempt to break the siege of Petersburg ends in disaster in "The Battle of the Crater"

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United States Military Academy

Original caption

Petersburg and Vicinity 1864 .. The Siege of Petersburg .. Hancock's Movements, 26-29 July and the Federal Plan of Attack Following the Explosion of the Mine, 30 July 1864

Source citation

Gerald P. Stadler and Arthur V. Grant, Jr., Campaign Atlas of the American Civil War(West Point, NY: United States Military Academy, 1978), 54.

Source note

Cartographers: Edward J. Krasnoborski and George W. Giddings

Cropped fro a larger image, also avaulable here.

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