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Political pressure from Union commanders who feared the optics of sending Black soldiers into a high-casualty operation — and who did not want to be accused of using them as cannon fodder — resulted in a last-minute substitution of white troops who had not trained for the mission. The explosion went off. The untrained troops faltered in the crater. And then the USCT was sent in — into a trap, against a reorganized Confederate defense, with no chance of the surprise that had been the plan's entire foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tribute tee honors the soldiers of the \u003cstrong\u003eXXV Corps, USCT\u003c\/strong\u003e who fought at the Battle of the Crater — men who were ready, were denied, and then were sent in anyway. Their courage in that moment, against those odds, is one of the most profound acts of military valor in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Battle of the Crater — The Betrayal and the Valor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 4th Division USCT entered the crater after Confederate forces under \u003cstrong\u003eBrigadier General William Mahone\u003c\/strong\u003e had already counterattacked and reorganized. They fought in a killing ground — a 170-foot-wide, 30-foot-deep pit with no cover and no exit — against an enemy that had regained its footing. Many Black soldiers and their white officers who attempted to surrender were killed. It was a war crime. 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