{"product_id":"co-aytch-maury-grays-first-tennessee-regiment-9780999852743","title":"\"Co. Aytch\": Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Co. Aytch\"\u003c\/b\u003e is considered to be among the greatest memoirs ever written by a soldier of the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam. R. Watkins\u003c\/b\u003e (born Samuel Rush Watkins; June 26, 1839 - July 20, 1901) was an American writer and humorist. He fought through the entire Civil War and saw action in many major battles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday, he is best known for this enduring memoir, \u003cb\u003e\"Co. Aytch\"\u003c\/b\u003e (1882), which recounts his life as a soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1881, with a \"house full of young 'rebels' clustering about my elbows,\" Watkins began to chronicle his experiences in the First Tennessee Regiment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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, and would fight from Shiloh to Nashville.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe was one of only seven men who remained in the company when it was surrendered to U.S. Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman in North Carolina, April 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatkins is often featured and quoted in Ken Burns' 1990 documentary titled The Civil War, and also in the film, Civil War: The Untold Story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen he died at 62, Watkins was buried in Maury County, Tennessee, with full military honors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marmont Lane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912565494034,"sku":"9780999852743","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_522eeb9f-54c4-46ef-96bb-1b95d0eceefe.jpg?v=1738774269","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/co-aytch-maury-grays-first-tennessee-regiment-9780999852743","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}