![]() As a soldier, he is able to give readers a firsthand glimpse into the brutality of war, something that at times, is difficult to read. When one watches a documentary or movie about the civil war, the level of violence shown is a muted version of the reality Watkins recalls. ![]() “It is well war is so terrible – otherwise, we would grow too fond of it.” Though the author passed in July of 1901, his lives on as a notable piece of historical literature. ![]() Aytch (the “Co.” is pronounced as “company”) is a series of his own recollections of life as a soldier. It should be noted that his regiment entered the war with 3,200 men, and ended with merely 65. Samuel Watkins was born in June, 1936 and fought as a soldier in the 1st Tennessee Regiment throughout the majority of the civil war. ![]() How does a man keep his humanity in one of the worst conflicts in American History? ![]()
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