The Battle of the Crater took place as a part of the on going Siege of Petersburg.
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USA General of the Army
The Battle of the Crater took place as a part of the on going Siege of Petersburg.
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/video...campaign=72917
My ancestor, Capt Robert Reece Tomlinson fought at the crater as part of Company H, 26th SC Infantry, Elliott's SC Tramp Brigade (Tramp as in they marched so often, from SC to VA to NC to GA to MS to SC to VA)
He was my 5x Great Grandfather
"If we were wrong in our contest, then the Declaration of Independence of 1776 was a grave mistake and the revolution to which it led was a crime. If Washington was a patriot; Lee cannot have been a rebel."
"I want you to try to teach to your children and to your children's children that ours was not a lost cause. I want you to tell them that we were fighting for the right ..."
Wade Hampton III
Captain Robert Reece Tomlinson was my great grandfather. I have a page from his family bible