Författare: Ruth Hill Fulton McAllister

Samuel R. Watkins (1839–1901) was born in 1839 near Columbia, Tennessee. He enlisted into the First Tennessee Infantry, Company H at the beginning of the Civil War. Upon surrender, Watkins was one out of only seven men remaining from the 120 originally listed in his regiment. Encouraged by friends and family, Watkins first published his memories as a newspaper series and then finally in book form in 1882. His great-granddaughter Ruth Hill Fulton Mc Allister earned a bachelor’s degree in History from Vanderbilt University, and lives in Columbia, Tennessee.