Explosion of the Mine, Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864, artist's impression, detail

Scanned by

Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

08/20/2011

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 14, 2014.

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

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Siege of Petersburg - Battle of July 30 - Explosion of the Mine and Charge on the Enemy Works by the 9th Corps. - From a sketch by Andrew McCallum.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 27, 1864, p. 360-361.

Source note

Cropped from the full image, also available here.