The Union Army Fifth Corps awaiting , Battle of Crater, Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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The Union Army Fifth Corps awaiting , Battle of Crater, Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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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 - The Fifth Corps awaiting the order to advance, July 30. - From a sketch by E.F. Mullen.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 27, 1864, p. 365.

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