Carrying The Flag: The Story Of Private Charles Whilden, The Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero

For forty years, Charles Whilden lived a life noteworthy for failure.

Then, in a remarkable chain of events, this aging, epileptic desk clerk from Charleston found himself plunged into the brutal battlefields of the Wilderness (May 57, 1864) and Spotsylvania Court House (May 820, 1864).

In an astonishing act of bravery, he wrapped the flag around his body and led a charge that won critical ground for the Confederates, changing the course of one of the war's most significant battles.