OMG!What a story. You deserve $24 :) A delight. I was with you throughout. Even to the end. Isn't a word missing? Don't you mean to say, "Pity we can't see it go down? Maybe I'm wrong. Nice bit about the flag. Nice twist that Daniels is with them after all. Loved the Shermanesque reference to the Butcher of Atlanta. Really well visualized and realized. Quite a writer you are.