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William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 23: summer of 1864. (search)
ce was not less powerful than in Georgia and beyond the Mississippi. But near the close of July the usual course of the soldier's life on these lines was broken suddenly by an event terrible even in the midst of war. For many days the Confederates were impressed with the belief that the Federals were engaged in mining towards their works at certain points, but the exact location of the main operations could not be ascertained. All doubts on the subject were soon put to flight. On Saturday, July 30, about 4 o'clock in the morning, a dull, heavy sound was heard, followed by several others similar, and at the same moment the Federal batteries opened a furious cannonade. It was soon found that a mine had been sprung under one of the salients on our lines and not far from the centre of the defences. Orders were sent to Gen. Mahone to cover the threatened point, and that officer moved promptly with his own Virginia brigade, and instructed Saunders' Alabama and Wright's Georgia bri