The infamous Battle of the Crater in 1864 began when a mine beneath Confederate earthworks detonated.
Pennsylvania coal miners explode a mine beneath Confederate trenches at Petersburg, Virginia | July 30, 1864
Pottsville soldier died of wounds received at the Battle of the Crater | 1864
John Cole was mortally wounded on July 30, 1864 in the fight initiated by his fellow residents of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.