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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 27 (search)
Appendix T: newspaper article, Findings of the Court of inquiry in the investigation of the Petersburg mine explosion, mentioned in letter of March 13, 1865. see page 267, Vol. II (army and navy journal, of March 11, 1865) The Petersburgh explosion: decision of the Court of inquiry into the cause of its failure The following is the finding and opinion of the court ordered to investigate the circumstances attending the failure of the explosion of the mine before Petersburgh:— Finding After mature deliberation of the testimony adduced, the court find the following facts and circumstances attending the unsuccessful assault on the 30th July: The mine, quite an important feature in the attack, was commenced by Major General Burnside, soon after the occupation of his present lines, without any directions obtained from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac. Although its location—and in this the engineers of the army concur—was not considered by Major General Meade