"Hell Has Busted" - The Battle Of The Crater - Petersburg, Virginia 1864
116K views · Nov 18, 2023 · Education
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@ronaldlollis8895 · 2 years ago
My GGGGF, John Dunning, 52nd North Carolina, Randalman/Guilford County, NC was there after surviving Gettysburg, Hagerstown, Cold Harbor. I cannot imagine the horrors. He survived to Appomattox and was one of only 30 survivors of the 52nd. There is a memorial to the 52nd at Appomattox, across the road and back in the woods from the McClean House.
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@geod3589 · 2 years ago
Years ago I was stationed at Ft. Lee, VA, at Petersburg. I went to the battleground many times, including seeing the area of the crater. The remnants of the crater were still there, and I could only imagine how it much have looked right after the blast.
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@strydershadow391 · 2 years ago
The many different types of warfare developed in our Civil War never ceases to amaze me. This was another brutal battle well narrated again sir.
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@jimmyraythomason1 · 2 years ago
My great great grandfather Pvt. Isaac Sanford Thomason was there with the 64th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Company K. He was later captured at the Second Battle of Deep Bottom (Fussel's Mill) and sent to Point Lookout POW Camp in Maryland. He did not survive the war.
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@dvrmte · 1 year ago
My wife's ancestor and relatives were in the 22nd South Carolina stationed directly over the blast. He and 170 others in his regiment were killed in the blast. He was the last of three brothers killed during the war. One died of disease in Charleston and another one with the Palmetto Sharpshooters was mortally wounded at Sharpsburg/Antietam.
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@stevemartinat8537 · 2 years ago
Having visited the area and the Crater battle site it was unimaginable to comprehend the mayhem and destruction that followed the blast. A terrible waste of humanity even in war. This video describes it as visibly as possible.
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@glenallen196 · 2 years ago
Truly amazing story. The detail is outstanding with fsr more info than any book and God awful film on this event. Here words do more justice to the shock and carnage than the images on the silverscreen. A perfect plan that was tinkered with and of course they forgot to take account of getting out of their own works. I have never read anywhere that it took 10ins before even the attackers shool themselves into action. Amazing account narrated superbly.
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@DeaconBlu · 2 years ago
I grew up around this battlefield.<br>It made a mark on me as a young man.<br>It’s an incredible site to see and visit.<br><br>Thank You for the video.<br>❤
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@calinmarian98 · 2 years ago
Well that's where Burnside's military career as a corps commander under Grant ended. He got relieved soon after.
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@ThatGuySteve1776 · 2 years ago
Of all things to make a 3 hour movie on the Civil War, this story needs to be told, and with all possible accuracy.
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@Revolver1701 · 2 years ago
Your videos are so well made. They are informative and the story is so well made. Great writing and great narration.
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@larry1824 · 2 years ago
Cold Mountain does this pretty well
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