"Co. Aytch" : Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment, or, a side show of the big show.: By:Sam. R. Watkins (June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was an American writer and humorist.(second edition) - Softcover

Watkins, Sam. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1540350576 ISBN 13: 9781540350572

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Samuel Rush "Sam" Watkins (June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was an American writer and humorist. He fought through the entire Civil War and saw action in many major battles. Today, he is best known for his enduring memoir, "Co. Aytch," which recounts his life as a soldier in the Confederate States Army.In May 1861, twenty-one year old Sam Watkins of Maury County, Tennessee, rushed to join the army when his state left the Union. He became part of Company H (or Co. "Aytch," as he called it), First Tennessee Regiment, and would fight from Shiloh to Nashville and was one of only seven men who remained in the company when it was surrendered to Major-General W. T. Sherman in North Carolina, April 1865.When he died at sixty-two, Watkins was buried with full military honors....

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About the Author:

Samuel Rush Watkins was a southern American and soldier in the Confederate army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) who is best-known for his memoir, Company Aytch: Or, a Side Show of the Big Show, in which he documented the events of the Civil War from a common soldier s perspective. Watkins enlisted in the Confederate Army at the outbreak of war in 1861, and participated in battles at Shiloh, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and Jonesboro, among many others, before surrendering to General William T. Sherman in 1865. Little is known about Watkins s life after the end of the war, although he is known to have died in 1901 and was buried with full military honours.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1540350576
• ISBN 13: 9781540350572
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128