Civil War:
The Petersburg National Battlefield

        The explosion of the mine during the Battle of the Crater is believed to have been the world's strongest wartime explosion before Hiroshima

The Explosion of the Crater
The explosion of the mine and the destruction of the Confederate works

The Battle of the Crater
The Ninth Union Army charging immediately after the explosion of the mine, July 30th, 1864

Union troops outside Petersburg
Union troops outside Petersburg

Battle outside Petersburg

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