Scope and Contents Barrier writes in reply to his father's letter of 1 August, glad that his family is in good health and happy to report the same for himself. Everything has been quiet, he says, since last Saturday, when Grant "blew up a portion" of their line (the battle of the Crater, 30 July 1864). "The explosion as represented to me was one of the grandest sights ever witnessed. The earth trembled as if a mighty earthquake had belched forth from the fiery depths of the infernal regions, then came a mighty...