The Bonnie Blue Flag: NC Fights at the Mule Shoe

Ok, scratch what I said on my last post. Obvisously, I didn't post alot. But, here I go.

The time was 4:35 in the morning. It had rained all the night before, and a fog laid low upon the lands. Silently, nearly 20,000 Union troops poured towards the bulge in the Confederate line. A few sentries saw them, and fired a few rounds at the attacking mass, up jumped thier comrades, and swung their guns around. Almost all the guns failed to fire. The Union mass was up, and into the works, stabbing and clubbing.

The fighting for the Mule Shoe had begun, and the whole Confederate Army was in trouble. All thier artillary and 3,000 men in the Mule Shoe had been captured. The Union attack flaunted on its own success, looting as they went, but, they would soon renew the attack.

Lee at once plunged everyman he had to stop the hole. Among those sent to stop the yanks, was the 4th and 14th North Carolina. They helped push back the yanks until they were almost completely out of the bulge. But, another atack came at them.

Suddenly, nearly 800 voices rose. They were singing, The Bonnie Blue Flag as they poured volley after volley into the yanks. Although most would be shot down, this little band became famous for the use of thier voices, rousing and ralling the men as the sang the CSA Anthem.

Before the battle ended that day, 10,000 men would be killed, wounded or captured, most of them Confederates. By the end of the battle, 27,000 would become casualties.