tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post2609766920081731848..comments2023-10-17T02:52:22.037-07:00Comments on David's blog: The Battle of the CraterDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-82798831363871055372007-07-30T11:40:00.000-07:002007-07-30T11:40:00.000-07:00Shame. Poor and mediocre would have opened the doo...Shame. Poor and mediocre would have opened the door for me.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-39713040891863352472007-07-30T09:51:00.000-07:002007-07-30T09:51:00.000-07:00I think you are right: this kind of story coulsd s...I think you are right: this kind of story coulsd spur an interest that might not otherwise occur.<BR/>-DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-9692001330953537712007-07-30T08:45:00.000-07:002007-07-30T08:45:00.000-07:00Yes, it was.There is also a book which just came o...Yes, it was.<BR/><BR/>There is also a book which just came out by someone named Alan Axelrod just last month, which I have not read.<BR/> <BR/>It is not an unknown event in popular fiction, but also not very well known. Someone even wrote a novel about it (couldn't finish it). Given the drama of the whole event (the mining, the great explosion, the training and then non-use of the black troops, the broken fuse, the reversal and slaughter, the colorful characters, etc.) I just think we should know about it (learn about it in grade school perhaps) as well as we know, say, Gettysburg or the Battles of Bull Run.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-79495136447029008592007-07-30T08:11:00.000-07:002007-07-30T08:11:00.000-07:00Was this the event depicted in the beginning of "C...Was this the event depicted in the beginning of "Cold Mountain"?<BR/>-DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com