Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of Civil War

Sam Watkins joined the First Tennessee Regiment in 1861, fighting against the Yankees until the Confederacy surrendered in 1865, one of the few surviving men from his original company. Decades later, Watkins wrote an account of his days in the Confederate army. Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of Civil War is an engaging and often humorous memoir, which deftly captures the complicated humanity of a soldier s life.