Did Southerners see the Battle of the Crater as a slave rebellion? The Union prisoners were formed in line, four abreast. Officers led the way, followed by alternating ranks of four black and four white soldiers. Roughly 1,500 men, captured following the July 30, 1864, Battle of the Crater, were paraded through the streets of …
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