Though there are lighter, gentler topics, the author is giving an account of the life a soldier involved in the bloodiest war in American History a large amount of the book is centered on the battles and fighting that took place during the conflict. For those who may flinch and get faint at the site of blood donations and needles, this book may prove too much. 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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