Watkins fought on both days at Chickamauga, and his account of the chaos in the woods along Brotherton Road on September 19th stands as one of the best accounts of the battle by any participant. His unit served in the mountains of Western Virginia during the brutal winter of 1861-62 and received its baptism by fire at Shiloh that April. Despite his low rank, Watkins has found immortality through his 1882 memoir Company Aytch.īorn in Maury County, Tennessee in 1840, Watkins enlisted in the army when Tennessee seceded in 1861. Watkins is today one of the most well-known common soldiers in Civil War history. First run as a newspaper series, his memoirs were put into book form in 1882 and almost immediately hailed as an important Civil War work.A Private in Company H, First Tennessee Infantry, Sam R. Sam was encouraged by friends and family to write down his memories. Upon surrender, Watkins was one out of only seven men remaining from the 120 originally enlisted in his regiment. He enlisted in the First Tennessee Infantry, Company H, at the beginning of the Civil War. Watkins was born on June 26, 1839, near Columbia, Tennessee. Among Civil War memoirs, it stands as a living testament to one man's enduring humanity, courage, and wisdom in the midst of death and destruction. Aytch is the work of a natural storyteller who balances the horror of war with his irrepressible sense of humor and his sharp eye for the lighter side of battle. Aytch, its common foot soldiers, its commanders, its Yankee enemies, its victories and defeats, and its ultimate surrender on April 26, 1865.Ĭo. Twenty years later, with a house full of young 'rebels' clustering around my knees and bumping about my elbows, he wrote the remarkable account of Co. He fought in all of its major battles, from Shiloh to Nashville. Watkins of Columbia, Tennessee, joined the First Tennessee Regiment.
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 6.2" (0.65 lbs)Įarly in May 1861, twenty-one-year-old Sam R. History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) Watkins balances the horror of war with an irrepressible sense of humor and sharp eye for the lighter side of battle. Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeksĪnnotation: In this classic memoir of the Civil War, Confederate soldier Sam R. (Author), Bottino, Pat (Read by)īinding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions
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