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Hancock’s ‘Well-Conducted Fizzle’ – Jan. ‘97 America’s Civil War FeatureAmerica's Civil War | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post Certainly the men of the 36th Wisconsin, 164th New York and 8th New York Heavy Artillery had no doubts about their performance. All three regiments won special mention in the post-battle reports and, most important, the right to carry their regimental flags. Perhaps the most apt assessment of the Boydton Road affair came from Colonel Lyman, one of Meade’s aides: “As the Mine [Crater] was to be termed an ill-conducted fizzle, so this attempt may be called a well-conducted fizzle.” * Subscribe Today
Connecticut author Bruce Trinque writes frequently on the Civil War in the East. For further reading, he suggests: Noah Andre Trudeau’s The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864April 1865; or David M. Jordan’s Winfield Scott Hancock: A Soldier’s Life. Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
           
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