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but they didn't know what the hell it was.
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And then they dug a counter-trench at the end, inside,
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or a tunnel.
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They put in four tons of dynamite, fuses.
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You to this day can see the openings of that tunnel
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and you can still see the suppression in the landscape
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where the Crater was.
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And on July 30, 1864 they blew it up,
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and they blew up an area of the Confederate line
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about 200 yards long.
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Men's bodies were simply exploded into the air.
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It's the opening scene of Cold Mountain,