CO AYTCH - FIRST TENNESSEE REGIMENT - CONFEDERATE MEMOIR

Description: “CO. AYTCH” MAURY GRAYS, FIRST TENNESSEE REGIMENT Or A SIDE SHOW TO THE BIG SHOW BY SAM WATKINS Private, C.S. A., Columbia, Tennessee Edited by Ruth Hill Fulton MjcAllister MINT CONDITION BOOK MINT CONDITION DUST JACKET PROTECTED IN A CLEAR, NEW BRODART COVER This is a brand new, unread, pristine condition book. Exceptional Memoirs Giving a Privates View of the Civil War Sharp, Bright, Clean, Full-Illustrated, Solidly-Bound, Brand New Book ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN NASHVILLE IN 1882, THIS IS A 2007 REPRINT BY PROVIDENCE HOUSE PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE The Generals, and President, and Vice-President, and other high officials have published their accounts of the war, but Sam Watkins is the first high private who has written up the common soldier side of the matter. In big, gilt-edge books, the General, the President, and the Vice-President, tell about their plans, their battles, their retreats, their measures, and their ideas, and not a word about what the poor, sore-footed, hungry, and naked soldier felt. In "Co. Aytch," we see the old "webfoot," dressed in a dirty, greasy, gray suit - or rather non-suit - a cotton blanket thrown across his soldier and fastened under his cartridge-box belt; a greasy, dirty haversack hanging down - very thin and flabby; with shoes of untanned leather. There he goes footsore, tired and hungry, but chipper and sassy, and ready for the battle. In "Co. Aytch" we see the same "webfoot" in camp, cooking his rations - corn meal bread, corn meal coffee, corn meal soup, beef, with not an eye of grease on it. He lies down on the cold ground, in an old thin blanket, and shivers through the night. In "Co. Aytch" we hear this "webfoot" talking to his comrades, cheering their drooping spirits, discussing the situation, defending the General, hoping for final victory, and glorious return home to father, mother and sweetheart. In "Co Aytch" we see this same "webfoot," hungry, ragged, dirty and footsore, "on the battle's perilous edge," the light of the victory in his dye, a gun with a gleaming bayonet in his hands, springing forward like a deer, a ringing about upon his lips, rushing up to the breastworks, behind which belch Napoleon guns and volleys of musketry; see him cross the abattis at a bound; see him as he stands upon the enemy's ramparts shouting victory! In "Co. Aytch" we see this same "webfoot" shot down by a Minnie ball, and lying cold and stark in death, and thrown into a common shallow grave, unhonored, unknown, and unsung, far away from fond loved ones. In "Co. Aytch" we see their soldiers, driven by hunger, stealing hogs, others deserting and going home. All his we see in "Co. Aytch". Every old soldier, and every son of an old soldier, should have a copy of it. THIS BOOK IS A MINT CONDITION This great Confederate memoir is brand new, unread, and in pristine condition. It comes in a new, pristine condition dust jackt that is protected in a clear, new, Brodart cover. This is Sam's own revised and expanded edition, never before published. The book is sharp, bright and clean. It has solid binding throughout. It is new and has no wear. The pages are clean, bright white and in excellent condition. There isn't a mark in the book. The book is nicely presented and is absolutely filled with wonderful illustrations, photos, and facsimile documents. A brand new, mint condition book in a new, Brodart protected dust jacket. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter

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