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The Horrid Pit by Alan Axelrod (2007, Hardcover) 
The Horrid Pit by Alan Axelrod (2007, Hardcover)
Author: Alan Axelrod
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 2007-07-19
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0786718110
ISBN-13: 9780786718115
Product ID: EPID57566262
Description: This Civil War military history recounts an ill-conceived, and ill-fated, attempt by Union troops to tunnel under a Confederate encampment and plant explosives during the long siege of Petersburg, Virginia, late in the war. Things went t...
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Synopsis
This Civil War military history recounts an ill-conceived, and ill-fated, attempt by Union troops to tunnel under a Confederate encampment and plant explosives during the long siege of Petersburg, Virginia, late in the war. Things went terribly wrong, and soldiers were buried alive in the dirt. Alan Axelrod pieces the story together from accounts of the time, and paints a portrait of poor strategy and leadership that conveys the tragedy of the event and explains why the Civil War was so bloody and costly.

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Publication Date:2007-07-19

Size
Length:284 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:19.2 oz

Publisher's Note
Documents the dangerous excavation of history's longest military tunnel and the tragic subterranean assault on the Confederate line at the Battle of the Crater, evaluating the decisions and events that shaped the tunnel's construction, describing the contributions of key players, and recounting the factors that led to numerous deaths on both sides of the battle.

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