![Rallying around their tattered flag, the 12th Virginia Infantry crashes into the Federal vanguard of Brigadier General Edward Ferrero at the edge of the Crater. Painting by John Adams Elder.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/M-Crater-Lead-e1681748398874-760x427.jpg)
Edward Ferrero
Bloody Fiasco at the Crater
By Arnold BlumbergIn the summer of 1864, after six weeks of virtually constant combat in the Wilderness area of northern Virginia, the Union and Confederate armies of Ulysses S. Read more
Edward Ferrero
In the summer of 1864, after six weeks of virtually constant combat in the Wilderness area of northern Virginia, the Union and Confederate armies of Ulysses S. Read more
Edward Ferrero
After the crushing Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj. Read more