Recollections of a Confederate Soldier

Sam Watkins, from Maury County, Tennessee, was 21 years old when the War Between the States came in 1861. He marched and camped and fought with Company H of the First Tennessee Regiment from the beginning until the end of the war.

In 1881-82, Sam’s memoirs of the war were printed in the Columbia Herald newspaper. They were published in the book Co. Aytch. His account of that period in American history is full of humor, friendship, sacrifice, and faith. Sam was a devoted Southerner, but as he looked back on the war, he wanted to put the conflict behind, shake hands with the North, and move on as a united nation.

John Notgrass steps into costume and character to share Sam's stories about that "unpleasant misconception of there being such a thing as a north and south." This first-person presentation allows you to look at the past in a new way. It helps you understand that stormy time, see the tragic consequences of war, and appreciate the faith of our fathers.

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Introduction

Between Two Fires

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