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80
a permanent lodgment would have been effected in the
main line of the defences of Petersburg.
From the report of the Committee on the Conduct of
the War, the blame of the failure of the whole plan, in
consequence of this blunder, seems to be attributed to
General Meade, and it would certainly seem to be an act
of negligence on his part, with the force he had at his
disposal, to leave these important points unmolested.
The original arrangement had been to explode the mine
at half past fout A. M , and for the assaulting column to
advance immediately, but, owing to a fault in the fuse, it
was nearly 6 o'clock before the explosion took place. At
that time a vast column of smoke mingled with earth,
fragments of guns and platforms, logs, sand-bags, gabions and human beings shot towering into the air to an
immense height, gradually subsiding again and followed
Immediately by a dull, smothered roar which shook the
ground for miles round, and was said to have been felt
even to City Point. Á pause, in which one might count,
perhaps a dozen beats at the wrist, and 85 pieces of heavy
artillery opened almost simultaneously on the rebel lines.
The enemy was not slow in replying, and soon the light
artillery and musketry chimed in, making the noise completely deafening, and the very ground under our feet tö
vibrate. From 6 till 12 th:s hellish uproar continued
unabated at which time it commenced to slacken, till, by
four o'clock, it died away, and, as the last of our troops
fell back from the crater, the battle of July 30th was at
an end.
Object Description
| Title | The sword and gun : a history of the 37th Wis. Volunteer Infantry : from its first organization to its final muster out / by R.C. Eden. |
| Source Title | R.C. Eden's The sword and gun |
| Regiment | 37th Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| Author/Creator | Eden, R. C. (Rpbert C.), d. 1907. |
| Description | Major Robert C. Eden (d. 1907) wrote this history of the 37th Wisconsin Infantry from its first organization to its final muster out. Using his own memory, recollections of fellow officers, and company and regimental records, Eden describes in vivid detail the regiments departure from Wisconsin, traveling on steamers, the Siege and Capture of Petersburg, aftermath of the battlefield, and celebration of the wars end in Washington D.C. He provides full rosters of officers, commanders and privates for each company in the regiment. |
| Subcollection | Regimental Histories |
| Source | E537.5 37th E2 |
| Source Type | regimental history |
| Place of Publication | Madison |
| Source Creation Date | 1865 |
| Source Publisher | Atwood & Rublee |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWUH016010000 |
Description
| Title | 30 |
| Source Title | R.C. Eden's The sword and gun |
| Source Type | regimental history |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2037 |
| Rights | Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | 80 a permanent lodgment would have been effected in the main line of the defences of Petersburg. From the report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, the blame of the failure of the whole plan, in consequence of this blunder, seems to be attributed to General Meade, and it would certainly seem to be an act of negligence on his part, with the force he had at his disposal, to leave these important points unmolested. The original arrangement had been to explode the mine at half past fout A. M , and for the assaulting column to advance immediately, but, owing to a fault in the fuse, it was nearly 6 o'clock before the explosion took place. At that time a vast column of smoke mingled with earth, fragments of guns and platforms, logs, sand-bags, gabions and human beings shot towering into the air to an immense height, gradually subsiding again and followed Immediately by a dull, smothered roar which shook the ground for miles round, and was said to have been felt even to City Point. Á pause, in which one might count, perhaps a dozen beats at the wrist, and 85 pieces of heavy artillery opened almost simultaneously on the rebel lines. The enemy was not slow in replying, and soon the light artillery and musketry chimed in, making the noise completely deafening, and the very ground under our feet tö vibrate. From 6 till 12 th:s hellish uproar continued unabated at which time it commenced to slacken, till, by four o'clock, it died away, and, as the last of our troops fell back from the crater, the battle of July 30th was at an end. |
| Digital Identifier | CWUH016010027 |
