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A Union captain of the Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers offers a first-person account of the planning, tunneling, and detonation of a mine beneath Confederate works during the Petersburg campaign, describing the technical effort, the explosion that created the crater, and the immediate confusion and orders governing the planned assault. The narrator details command decisions, unit positions, and his regiment's role in the assault, then turns to his subsequent capture and experiences in Confederate prisons, recounting conditions, daily life, and the personal effects of confinement on soldiers.
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