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| name = Samuel R. Watkins
| name = Samuel R. Watkins
| image = Sam Watkins.jpg
| image = Sam Watkins.jpg
| caption = Watkins in uniform, {{Circa}} 1861
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| caption = Samuel R. Watkins, [[Circa|c.]] 1861
| pseudonym = Sam. R. Watkins
| birth_name = Samuel Rush Watkins
| birth_name = Samuel Rush Watkins
| birth_date = {{birth date|1839|06|26}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1839|06|26}}
| birth_place = [[Mount Pleasant, Tennessee]]<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6192092/samuel-rush-watkins Samuel Rush “Sam” Watkins (1839-1901) - Find A Grave Memorial] Retrieved 2018-04-25.</ref>
| birth_place = [[Mount Pleasant, Tennessee]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1901|07|20|1839|06|26}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1901|07|20|1839|06|26}}
| death_place = [[Maury County, Tennessee]]
| death_place = [[Maury County, Tennessee]]
| resting_place = [[Zion Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Tennessee)|Zion Cemetery]],<br />Maury County, Tennessee
| resting_place = [[Zion Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Tennessee)|Zion Cemetery]],<br />Maury County, Tennessee, U.S.
| resting_place_coordinates = {{coord|35|35|55.2|N|87|08|42.0|W|region:US-TN_type:landmark|display=inline}}
| resting_place_coordinates = {{coord|35|35|55.2|N|87|08|42.0|W|region:US-TN_type:landmark|display=inline}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
| pseudonym = Sam. R. Watkins
| occupation = [[Clerk]], [[soldier]], [[farmer]]
* [[Clerk]]
* [[soldier]]
* [[farmer]]
}}
| alma_mater = [[Jackson College (Tennessee)|Jackson College]]
| alma_mater = [[Jackson College (Tennessee)|Jackson College]]
| period = 1881–1900
| period = 1881–1900
| notablework = ''Co. Aytch''
| notablework = ''Co. Aytch''
| spouse = {{marriage|Virginia Mayes<br />|September 5, 1865|July 20, 1901}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Virginia Mayes Watkins|September 5, 1865}}
| years_active = 1881–1882
| years_active = 1881–1882
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States|1865}}
| allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States|1865}}
| branch = {{army|CSA|size=23px}}
| branch = {{army|CSA}}
| serviceyears = 1861–1865
| serviceyears = 1861–1865
| rank = [[Corporal (rank)|Corporal]]
| rank = [[Corporal (rank)|Corporal]]
| unit = Company H, [[1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment|1st Tennessee Infantry]]
| unit = Company H, [[1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment]]
| battles = [[American Civil War]]<br />
| battles = [[American Civil War]]<br />
*[[Battle of Cheat Mountain]]
*[[Battle of Cheat Mountain]]
*[[Battle of Shiloh|Shiloh Campaign]]
*[[Battle of Shiloh]]
*[[Siege of Corinth]]
*[[Battle of Perryville]]
*[[Battle of Perryville]]
*[[Battle of Stones River|Murfreesboro Campaign]]{{WIA}}
*[[Battle of Stones River]]{{WIA}}
*[[Battle of Chickamauga|Chickamauga Campaign]]
*[[Battle of Chickamauga]]
*[[Chattanooga Campaign]]
*[[Chattanooga Campaign]]
*[[Battle of Atlanta|Atlanta Campaign]]
*[[Atlanta campaign]]
*[[Battle of Rocky Face Ridge]]
*[[Battle of Resaca]]
*[[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]]
*[[Battle of Atlanta]]{{WIA}}
*[[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Franklin Campaign]]
*[[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Franklin Campaign]]
*[[Battle of Nashville|Nashville Campaign]]
*[[Battle of Nashville]]
*[[Battle of Bentonville]]
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<!-- DO NOT CHANGE the first paragraph without prior consensus, see [[Talk:Samuel R. Watkins]]. -->'''Samuel R. Watkins''' (born '''Samuel Rush Watkins'''; June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was an American [[writer]] and [[Humour|humorist]]. He fought through the entire [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and saw action in many major battles. Today, he is best known for his enduring memoir, ''"Co. Aytch"'' (1882), which recounts his life as a soldier in the [[1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment|First Tennessee]].<ref name="Watkins2015bc">{{cite book |last=Watkins |first=Sam |date=2015 |orig-year=1st pub. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House:1882 |editor-last=Furman |editor-first=Katherine |title=Co. "Aytch": The First Tennessee Regiment or a Side Show to the Big Show |edition=Complete Illustrated |location=Minneapolis, Minn. |publisher=[[The Quarto Group|Zenith Press]] |nopp=y |page=Back cover |isbn=978-0-7603-4775-1 |oclc=928999663}}</ref><!-- DO NOT CHANGE the first paragraph without prior consensus, see [[Talk:Samuel R. Watkins]]. -->


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'''Samuel Rush Watkins''' (June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was an American writer and humorist. He fought through the entire [[American Civil War]] and saw action in many battles. Today, he is best known for his memoir ''"Co. Aytch"'' (1882), which recounts his life as a soldier in the [[1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment]].<ref name="Watkins2015bc">{{cite book |last=Watkins |first=Sam |date=2015 |orig-year=1st pub. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House:1882 |editor-last=Furman |editor-first=Katherine |title=Co. "Aytch": The First Tennessee Regiment or a Side Show to the Big Show |edition=Complete Illustrated |location=Minneapolis, Minn. |publisher=[[The Quarto Group|Zenith Press]] |no-pp=y |page=Back cover |isbn=978-0-7603-4775-1 |oclc=928999663}}</ref>
==Life==
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In May 1861, 21 year old Sam Watkins of [[Maury County, Tennessee]], rushed to join the army when his state left the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. He became part of Company H (or Co. "Aytch," as he called it), 1st Tennessee Infantry regiment, and would fight from [[Shiloh National Military Park|Shiloh]] to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and was one of only seven men who remained in the company when it was surrendered to U.S. [[Major general (United States)|Major-General]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman|W. T. Sherman]] in [[North Carolina]], April 1865.<ref name="Watkins2015fc">{{cite book |last=Watkins |first=Sam |date=2015 |orig-year=1st pub. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House:1882 |editor-last=Furman |editor-first=Katherine |title=Co. "Aytch": The First Tennessee Regiment or a Side Show to the Big Show |edition=Complete Illustrated |location=Minneapolis, Minn. |publisher=[[The Quarto Group|Zenith Press]] |nopp=y |page=Front cover |isbn=978-0-7603-4775-1 |oclc=928999663}}</ref> When he died at 62, Watkins was buried with full [[Military funeral|military honors]].<ref name="Watkins2015bc"/>


==Soldier==
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In 1881, with a "house full of young 'rebels' clustering about my elbows," Watkins began to chronicle his experiences in the First Tennessee Regiment. ''"Co. Aytch"'' is considered to be one of the greatest memoirs ever written by a soldier of the field.<ref name="Watkins2015fc"/> Originally published as a serial newspaper column from 1881 to 1882 in ''[[Daily Herald (Columbia, Tennessee)|The Columbia (Tennessee) Herald]]'', his stories were collected and printed in book form in 1882.<ref name="Watkins2015bc"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Leigh |first=Phil |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Private Watkins’s War |url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/private-watkins-war/?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |series=Disunion |access-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Watkins |first=Sam. R. |date=1882 |title=1861 vs. 1882. "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show to the Big Show |url=https://archive.org/details/1861vs1882coaytc00watk |location=Nashville, Tenn. |publisher=Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House |lccn=02017896}}</ref> The charming prose captures
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In May 1861, 21-year-old Sam Watkins of [[Maury County, Tennessee]], rushed to join the army when his state left the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. He became part of Company H (or Co. "Aytch," as he called it), 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, fought from [[Shiloh National Military Park|Shiloh]] to [[Battle of Nashville|Nashville]], and acted as one of only seven men who remained in the company when it was surrendered to U.S. Major-General [[William Tecumseh Sherman|W. T. Sherman]] in North Carolina, April 1865.<ref name="Watkins2015fc">{{cite book |last=Watkins |first=Sam |date=2015 |orig-year=1st pub. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House:1882 |editor-last=Furman |editor-first=Katherine |title=Co. "Aytch": The First Tennessee Regiment or a Side Show to the Big Show |edition=Complete Illustrated |location=Minneapolis, Minn. |publisher=[[The Quarto Group|Zenith Press]] |no-pp=y |page=Front cover |isbn=978-0-7603-4775-1 |oclc=928999663}}</ref> When he died at 62, Watkins was buried with full military honors.<ref name="Watkins2015bc"/>


==Legacy==
=="Co. Aytch"==
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In 1881, with a "house full of young 'rebels' clustering about my elbows," Watkins began to chronicle his experiences in the First Tennessee Regiment. ''"Co. Aytch"'' is considered to be one of the great memoirs written by a soldier of the field.<ref name="Watkins2015fc"/> Originally published as a serial newspaper column from 1881 to 1882 in ''[[Daily Herald (Columbia, Tennessee)|The Columbia Herald]]'', his stories were collected and printed in book form in 1882.<ref name="Watkins2015bc"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Leigh |first=Phil |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Private Watkins's War |url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/private-watkins-war/?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |series=Disunion |access-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Watkins|first=Samuel|title="Co. Aytch": Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show|url={{Google books|HyhCAAAAIAAJ|page=136|plainurl=yes}}|page=136}}</ref> The charming prose captures the experience of the common private soldier, from the hardships of camp life to the horrors of battle, the camaraderie of a unit to the loss of a brother, the pride in one's state to the devastation of defeat.<ref name="Watkins2015bc"/>
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Camp No. 29 (established 1986) of the [[Sons of Confederate Veterans]] in [[Columbia, Tennessee]], is named after him.

==Memorials==
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Camp No. 29 (established 1986) of the [[Sons of Confederate Veterans]] in Columbia, Tennessee, is named after him.


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
Watkins is often featured and quoted in [[Ken Burns]]’ 1990 documentary titled [[The Civil War (documentary)|''The Civil War'']], and also in the film titled ''Civil War: The Untold Story''<ref>''Civil War: The Untold Story'' http://civilwartheuntoldstory.org .</ref> (See specific quotes from Watkins in Wikiquotes [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Civil_War_(documentary)].)
Watkins is featured and quoted in [[Ken Burns]]' 1990 documentary titled [[The Civil War (documentary)|''The Civil War'']] and in the film titled ''Civil War: The Untold Story''<ref>''Civil War: The Untold Story'' http://civilwartheuntoldstory.org .</ref> (See specific quotes from Watkins in Wikiquotes [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Civil_War_(documentary)].)


The song "Kennesaw Line" by Don Oja-Dunaway, tells a heart-breaking vignette of the [[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]] on the morning of June 27, 1864, from the perspective of Sam Watkins, with part of the lyrics directly paraphrasing his description from the book "Company Aytch" (see the section entitled "Dead Angle, on the Kennesaw Line").<ref>For example, in the book he wrote, "On that awful day the sun rose in a clear and cloudless sky; the heavens seemed made of brass and the earth of hot iron." {{cite book |last=Watkins |first=Sam. R. |date=1882 |title="Co. Aytch", or, A Side Show of the Big Show and Other Sketches |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xyy5uG5RLcC&pg=PT210 |accessdate=October 8, 2014}}
The song "Kennesaw Line" by Don Oja-Dunaway tells a heart-breaking vignette of the [[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]] on the morning of June 27, 1864, from the perspective of Sam Watkins, with part of the lyrics directly paraphrasing his description from the book "Company Aytch" (see the section entitled "Dead Angle").<ref>For example, in the book he wrote "Well, on the fatal morning of June 27th, the sun rose clear and cloudless, the heavens seemed made of brass, and the earth of hot iron, and as the sun began to mount toward the zenith, everything became quiet, and no sound was heard save a peckerwood on a neighboring tree." {{cite book |last=Watkins |first=Sam. R. |date=1882 |title="Co. Aytch", or, A Side Show of the Big Show and Other Sketches |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyhCAAAAIAAJ&q=dead+angle|access-date=27 Sep 2018}}
The corresponding lyrics:
The corresponding lyrics:
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
Well the sun rose high above us that morning<br/>
Well the sun rose high above us that morning<br />
On a clear and cloudless day<br/>
On a clear and cloudless day<br />
A peckerwood, he tapped on a tree<br/>
A peckerwood, he tapped on a tree<br />
That would soon be shot away<br/>
That would soon be shot away<br />
The heat blistered down through the leaves on the trees<br/>
The heat blistered down through the leaves on the trees<br />
The air seemed hot enough to catch fire<br/>
The air seemed hot enough to catch fire<br />
Heaven seemed to be made of brass<br/>
Heaven seemed to be made of brass<br />
The sun rose higher and higher<br/>
The sun rose higher and higher<br />
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
{{cite web|url=http://www.bluegrassnet.com/lyrics/kennesaw-line#.VDUytR-c3J8|title=Kennesaw Line|accessdate=8 Oct 2014}} The best-known version of this song is sung by [[Claire Lynch]] on the album "Lines & Traces" by the Front Porch String Band.{{Cite web|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/hills-of-alabam-front-porch-string-band/|title=Bluegrass Today}}</ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.bluegrassnet.com/lyrics/kennesaw-line#.VDUytR-c3J8|title=Kennesaw Line|access-date=8 Oct 2014}} The best-known version of this song is sung by [[Claire Lynch]] on the album ''Lines & Traces'' by the Front Porch String Band.{{Cite web|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/hills-of-alabam-front-porch-string-band/|website=Bluegrass Today|title=Hills of Alabam – Front Porch String Band|date=December 20, 2012 }}</ref>


==See also== <!-- EDITORS NOTE: This section should primarily contain lists linked to the main article which are directly related to the person. Thank you. -->
==See also==
* [[American literary regionalism]]
* [[American literary regionalism]]
* [[American realism]]
* [[American realism]]
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==References==
==References==
'''Notes'''
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Reflist}}

'''Sources'''
*{{NARA}}


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Biographies: Sam Watkins |url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/war/bios/#/detail/sam-watkins |website=[[The Civil War (TV series)|The Civil War]] |publisher=[[PBS]] |date=2015 |access-date=August 23, 2016}}
* {{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Biographies: Sam Watkins |url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/war/bios/#/detail/sam-watkins |website=[[The Civil War (TV series)|The Civil War]] |publisher=[[PBS]] |date=2015 |access-date=August 23, 2016}}
* {{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Recollections of the Battle of Perryville |url=http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/recollections-of-the-battle.html |website=[[Civil War Trust]] |date=2014 |access-date=August 23, 2016}}
* {{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Recollections of the Battle of Perryville |url=http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/recollections-of-the-battle.html |website=[[Civil War Trust]] |date=2014 |access-date=August 23, 2016}}
* {{cite web|title=Co. Aytch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyhCAAAAIAAJ|website=Google Books | access-date=November 7, 2022| last1=Watkins | first1=Samuel R. | year=1900 }}
* Edward John Harcourt, “Would to God I could tear the page from these memoirs and from my own memory”: Co. Aytch and the Confederate Sensibility of Loss,” Southern Cultures (Winter 2017-8): 7-28


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Samuel R. Watkins
Watkins in uniform, c. 1861
Watkins in uniform, c. 1861
BornSamuel Rush Watkins
(1839-06-26)June 26, 1839
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee
DiedJuly 20, 1901(1901-07-20) (aged 62)
Maury County, Tennessee
Resting placeZion Cemetery,
Maury County, Tennessee, U.S.
35°35′55.2″N 87°08′42.0″W / 35.598667°N 87.145000°W / 35.598667; -87.145000
Pen nameSam. R. Watkins
Occupation
Alma materJackson College
Period1881–1900
Years active1881–1882
Notable workCo. Aytch
Spouse
Virginia Mayes Watkins
​
​
(m. 1865)​
Military career
Allegiance Confederate States
Service / branch Confederate States Army
Years of service1861–1865
RankCorporal
UnitCompany H, 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

Samuel Rush Watkins (June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was an American writer and humorist. He fought through the entire American Civil War and saw action in many battles. Today, he is best known for his memoir "Co. Aytch" (1882), which recounts his life as a soldier in the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment.[1]

Soldier

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In May 1861, 21-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), 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, fought from Shiloh to Nashville, and acted as one of only seven men who remained in the company when it was surrendered to U.S. Major-General W. T. Sherman in North Carolina, April 1865.[2] When he died at 62, Watkins was buried with full military honors.[1]

"Co. Aytch"

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In 1881, with a "house full of young 'rebels' clustering about my elbows," Watkins began to chronicle his experiences in the First Tennessee Regiment. "Co. Aytch" is considered to be one of the great memoirs written by a soldier of the field.[2] Originally published as a serial newspaper column from 1881 to 1882 in The Columbia Herald, his stories were collected and printed in book form in 1882.[1][3][4] The charming prose captures the experience of the common private soldier, from the hardships of camp life to the horrors of battle, the camaraderie of a unit to the loss of a brother, the pride in one's state to the devastation of defeat.[1]

Memorials

[edit]

Camp No. 29 (established 1986) of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Columbia, Tennessee, is named after him.

[edit]

Watkins is featured and quoted in Ken Burns' 1990 documentary titled The Civil War and in the film titled Civil War: The Untold Story[5] (See specific quotes from Watkins in Wikiquotes [1].)

The song "Kennesaw Line" by Don Oja-Dunaway tells a heart-breaking vignette of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on the morning of June 27, 1864, from the perspective of Sam Watkins, with part of the lyrics directly paraphrasing his description from the book "Company Aytch" (see the section entitled "Dead Angle").[6]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Watkins, Sam (2015) [1st pub. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House:1882]. Furman, Katherine (ed.). Co. "Aytch": The First Tennessee Regiment or a Side Show to the Big Show (Complete Illustrated ed.). Minneapolis, Minn.: Zenith Press. Back cover. ISBN 978-0-7603-4775-1. OCLC 928999663.
  2. ^ a b Watkins, Sam (2015) [1st pub. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House:1882]. Furman, Katherine (ed.). Co. "Aytch": The First Tennessee Regiment or a Side Show to the Big Show (Complete Illustrated ed.). Minneapolis, Minn.: Zenith Press. Front cover. ISBN 978-0-7603-4775-1. OCLC 928999663.
  3. ^ Leigh, Phil (March 15, 2013). "Private Watkins's War". The New York Times. Disunion. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Watkins, Samuel. "Co. Aytch": Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show. p. 136.
  5. ^ Civil War: The Untold Story http://civilwartheuntoldstory.org .
  6. ^ For example, in the book he wrote "Well, on the fatal morning of June 27th, the sun rose clear and cloudless, the heavens seemed made of brass, and the earth of hot iron, and as the sun began to mount toward the zenith, everything became quiet, and no sound was heard save a peckerwood on a neighboring tree." Watkins, Sam. R. (1882). "Co. Aytch", or, A Side Show of the Big Show and Other Sketches. Retrieved September 27, 2018. The corresponding lyrics:

    Well the sun rose high above us that morning
    On a clear and cloudless day
    A peckerwood, he tapped on a tree
    That would soon be shot away
    The heat blistered down through the leaves on the trees
    The air seemed hot enough to catch fire
    Heaven seemed to be made of brass
    The sun rose higher and higher

    "Kennesaw Line". Retrieved October 8, 2014. The best-known version of this song is sung by Claire Lynch on the album Lines & Traces by the Front Porch String Band."Hills of Alabam – Front Porch String Band". Bluegrass Today. December 20, 2012.

Sources


Further reading

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