Saturday, July 6, 2013

June 25, 1863---The Hickenlooper Mine



JUNE 25, 1863:           

The Siege of Vicksburg (Day Thirty Eight):                   
Union forces attempt to blow a hole in the Vicksburg entrenchments using a giant tunnel mine designed by a civil engineer, Brevet Brigadier General Andrew J. Hickenlooper. Although Hickenlooper’s mine explodes impressively, the Confederates beat back the Union advance with little difficulty.


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