Battle of the Crater - Covered Way
At this place located by participants in the Battle of the Crater, this road, known as the Jerusalem Plank Road, was crossed by a covered way leading eastwardly to the ravine in rear of the Confederate breastworks which run northwardly from the Crater. By this covered way about 8 o’clock on the morning of July 30th 1864, nearly 4 hours after the explosion, the Confederate troops under Gen. WM. Mahone approached the ravine from which they charged and recaptured the breastworks.
This replaces a wooden marker erected by A.P. Hill camp Confederate Veterans.
Marker is on South Crater Road (U.S. 301) 0.1 miles from Stratford Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
