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United States Colored Troops at the Battle of the Crater
About United States Colored Troops at the Battle of the Crater
In early July, 1864, Major General Ambrose Burnside planned an attack to be led by a division within his
IX Corps consisting of United States Colored Troops. The attack would follow the explosion of
gunpowder beneath the Confederate earthworks just east of Petersburg. Due to interference by his
superior, General George Meade, the black soldiers were the last to advance. These troops had a strong
desire to be used in their own efforts to secure emancipation and to be considered citizens. The battle
turned into a fiasco for the Union in what would become the most famous battle of the Petersburg
Campaign.
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