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General Ulysses Grant lamented, “it was the saddest affair I’ve witnessed in this war.” Planned as a lightning assault following the explosion of the mine, the Union attack on the Crater degenerated into a disjointed fiasco with no breakthrough and with many needless casualties.
The explosion displaced about 400,000 cubic feet of earth, leaving a 30-foot deep crater that was 100 feet wide and 175 long. It is estimated that the explosion directly caused the deaths of 250 Confederate soldiers.
Here is a link to the American Battlefield Trust article on the Battle Of The Crater.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/crater
The explosion displaced about 400,000 cubic feet of earth, leaving a 30-foot deep crater that was 100 feet wide and 175 long. It is estimated that the explosion directly caused the deaths of 250 Confederate soldiers.
Here is a link to the American Battlefield Trust article on the Battle Of The Crater.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/crater