Carrying the Flag
Subtitle: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: December 23, 2003
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780465069569
First sentence: Spring came late to Virginia in 1864, and rain lashed the country, burying low-lying meadows under sheets of water and turning creeks into raging torrents.