Comments on: The Battle of the Crater http://thismightyscourge.com/2009/07/30/the-battle-of-the-crater/ An examination of the men, regiments and brigades that fought in the American Civil War - Plus book reviews, Author Interviews and Photo Essays Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Battle of Fredericksburg – Ambrose Burnside’s First Foray » This Mighty Scourge http://thismightyscourge.com/2009/07/30/the-battle-of-the-crater/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 Battle of Fredericksburg – Ambrose Burnside’s First Foray » This Mighty Scourge Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:23:16 +0000 http://thismightyscourge.com/?p=1542#comment-1976 [...] Campaign.  In front of Petersburg, in July 1864, Burnside would approve the explosion of the Crater on July 30.  Proving a debacle, US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant would relieve him of [...] [...] Campaign.  In front of Petersburg, in July 1864, Burnside would approve the explosion of the Crater on July 30.  Proving a debacle, US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant would relieve him of [...]

]]> By: S. Thomas Summers http://thismightyscourge.com/2009/07/30/the-battle-of-the-crater/comment-page-1/#comment-164 S. Thomas Summers Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:52:12 +0000 http://thismightyscourge.com/?p=1542#comment-164 I am a poet and a Civil War buff. I am trying to publish a volume of Civil War poetry. Many have been published in poetry journals already. Here's one on the battle featured in the above article. Thanks for the article!! All the best. Philosopher at Petersburg Seems since I took up with the army, I can fry all the mess I been livin’ into three ugly slicks’a grease: bullets, blood, and bullshit. I can stomach the bullets and blood, but the bullshit – that there is the real hitch. Like down at Petersburg. We dug a tunnel right under them Rebs, stuffed it with dynamite. The boom was so big God musta thought the world was winkin’ at ‘im. But then we was ordered to charge. If the gen’l listened to lead slingers like me, I woulda told ‘im we shouldn’t run down into that crater but down we went. All the Rebs able to pull a trigger started corkin’ us as if they was dropin’ bricks in a puddle choked with catfish. Like I said, I can’t stomach bullshit, specially when it causes bullets to fly, blood to flow, and Feds to die. I am a poet and a Civil War buff. I am trying to publish a volume of Civil War poetry. Many have been published in poetry journals already. Here’s one on the battle featured in the above article. Thanks for the article!! All the best.

Philosopher at Petersburg

Seems since I took up with the army,
I can fry all the mess I been livin’
into three ugly slicks’a grease: bullets,

blood, and bullshit. I can stomach
the bullets and blood, but the bullshit –
that there is the real hitch. Like down

at Petersburg. We dug a tunnel right
under them Rebs, stuffed it with
dynamite. The boom was so big God

musta thought the world was winkin’
at ‘im. But then we was ordered to charge.
If the gen’l listened to lead slingers

like me, I woulda told ‘im we
shouldn’t run down into that crater
but down we went. All the Rebs

able to pull a trigger started corkin’ us
as if they was dropin’ bricks in a puddle
choked with catfish. Like I said, I can’t

stomach bullshit, specially when it causes
bullets to fly, blood to flow, and Feds to die.

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