An ill-fated plan to detonate gunpowder under the Confederate trenches at Petersburg, Virginia, results in Federal disaster.
Category: Virginia
Petersburg: Federals Poised to Attack
The Federal tunneling operation is completed, and Ambrose Burnside looks to use his U.S. Colored Troops to lead the impending assault. But Burnside is met with unexpected orders to change his plans.
The Deep Bottom Engagement
Ulysses S. Grant plans a Federal movement against Richmond that will divert the Confederates’ attention from the mining operation under their lines outside Petersburg.
The Second Battle of Kernstown
George Crook leads his Federals to confront Jubal Early’s Confederate Army of the Valley in the Shenandoah. Crook believes that he will be facing only cavalry, but he soon finds himself under attack from Early’s full force.
Petersburg: The Tunneling Expedition Continues
As Ulysses S. Grant seeks to break the Confederate defenses east of Petersburg, Virginia, Federal troops continue digging a tunnel beneath the enemy lines in an effort to detonate explosives and create a hole large enough for the troops to surge through.
Early Turns Back on His Pursuers
Jubal Early’s Confederates return to the Shenandoah Valley after raiding around Washington, D.C. Federal forces stage a weak pursuit, and when they stop at Kernstown, Early decides to turn back and confront them.