Scene of the Explosion at the Battle of the Mine

ID: 54 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: Alfred R. Waud ~ Date: 1864
This file appears in: Reddy Gray
Scene of the Explosion at the Battle of the Mine

This sketch, drawn on the scene, shows the action of the Battle of the Mine. It was published in Harper's Weekly newspaper on August 22, 1864.

This file appears in: Reddy Gray

By Clara Weaver
Sara Amy Leach, senior historian at the National Cemetery Administration, found that Reddy Gray, who also went by Redmond, Redman, or Reverdy, was born in 1843 to Lydia and John Talbott Gray in Baltimore County. He was enslaved by Thomas Cradock…