See You In The Field

The Sixth North Carolina at 1st Manassas 
  Researched and written by Historian Frederick Walton Copyright © 2001, 2023 By Frederick Walton Confederate troops boarding the train at Piedmont Station en route to Manassas It was not too many years ago that any schoolboy or girl could have told you the story of the battle of 1st Manassas. Even a child could see the irony of the southern citizen soldiers  who gathered on the plains of Manassas with their faces toward an invading northern army and their backs to the  homes and hearths that they vowed to protect. This is a classic David and Goliath story, right against might, a story of how stout-hearted Confederates, against overwhelming odds were able to turn the tables on an over-confident enemy and send them running back to Washington, D.C. in a panic stricken and confused  rout. But, there is another story to be told within the context of this larger tale. The story of the only North Carolina Regiment in the fight that day. The story of