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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., In the crater. (search)
In the crater. by Charles H. Houghton, Brevet Major, 14TH New York heavy artillery.
On the evening of July 29th, 1864, we of the Ninth Corps in front of Petersburg knew that an important movement was to take place, as we were ordered out for inspection and dress parade, and soon after returning to our place in the trenches, orders came to prepare three days cooked rations, and ammunition was distributed.
Soon we were relieved by troops from the Eighteenth Corps and marched back to the open ground several rods in rear of our works and halted, lying down in the sand till about 3 o'clock in the morning of the 30th.
We now marched toward the left, and passing out through covered ways advanced to the front line of works.
The men were cautioned to prevent the rattling of tin cups and bayonets, because we were so near the enemy that they would discover our movements.
We marched with the stillness of death; not a word was said above a whisper.
We knew, of course, that something very