they uncased. unfurled their flags. bands broke into music. and in fact, the mass bands of siegel's two divisions played dixie. very popular, northern song during the civil war. written by two free black musicians in ohio. i just mention this. not until 1939 with the appearance of "gone with the wind" did dixie magically become a song identified with the confederacy. anyway, to this stirring beat, as dick clark would have said in the 1950s. it has a nice beat. you can dance to it. the union troops surged forward. that beautiful charge, i shall never forget, wrote an illinois soldier. with banners streaming, with drums beating, with bayonets sparks with every officer and man cheering, screaming, at the top of his lungs and our blue line at the double quip, it was amazing what a sight, what a sound. the rebel yell was nothing in comparison. under the impact of this spectacular charge which was visible from start to finish across the open fields, the confederate army of the west simply melted away. vandorn and price were among the first to flee l