Battle of Aiken By: Jen Owen On a cold day in May, the Gray coats were lined up, prepared to defend their home, Aiken, South Carolina, a small tobacco city. (Aiken sits thirty minutes away from Georgia.) As the Calvary men mounted their horses, they knew nothing about what and just who they were about to face, all they knew is that they were tired, and their men were hungry. As I sat in anticipation, …showed first 75 words of 400 total…

…showed last 75 words of 400 total…I noticed the loudness of the Dixie music being played by the men waiting to head into the battle and fight. The women wore puffy hats, fancy cloaks, and flashy dresses. The Confederate flags were flying proudly in the camps, the smell of fresh vegetable stew was in the camp. The Confederate men were busily tending to their everyday duties such as tending to the wounded, the ill or filling out death certificates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**