Tag: Battle of the Crater

• How William Wells of Worcester ended up in Virginia’s bloody soil

  

  This is a reconstruction of my 3x great-grandfather’s brief and tragic Civil War experience, based on first-hand accounts of Wisconsin’s 37th Infantry written shortly after the war.

  Jesse Rude

  May 17, 2024

  Family history

  37th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Battle of the Crater, Civil War, England, Reiner, Siege of Petersburg, The U.S. Civil War, Virginia, Wells, West Midlands, Worcester