Carrying the flag : the story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's most unlikely hero

Carrying the flag : the story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's most unlikely hero / Gordon C. Rhea.

Author/creator	Rhea, Gordon C.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Basic Books, ©2004.
Description	v, 279 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Whilden, Charles Edmonston, 1824-1866. Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st. Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864. Soldiers--South Carolina --Biography. Virginia--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Campaigns. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Campaigns. South Carolina--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Regimental histories. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Regimental histories. Charleston (S.C.)--Biography.

Contents	The fate of two nations -- A city by a harbor -- Life among scoundrels and grasshoppers -- A desert blasted by fire -- General Lee's shock troops -- An eerie, inhospitable region -- Like a Saturday evening market in Augusta -- A mortifying disaster -- Death was always present -- The mule shoe -- A human flagpole -- Under a spreading oak -- Epilogue.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.
LCCN	2003011852
ISBN	0465069568 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E476.52 .R4745 2004	✔ Available	Place Hold