Talk:Samuel R. Watkins

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Enlisted vs. volunteered[edit]

It's actually incorrect to say he enlisted. Sam volunteered for twelve months but twelve months later all Southern men were conscripted for the entirety of the war. Sam detested being a 'conscript'. -- User:Thom Tuck

1861 vs. 1862 (sic)[edit]

The primary reference for this article is the book by Sam Watkins: 1861 vs. 1882. "Co. Aytch", Maury grays, First Tennessee regiment; or, A side show of the big show

The webpage at https://archive.org/details/1861vs1862coaytc00watk that we are using for this reference got the dates wrong. You can see it in the url: 1861vs1862. But if you look carefully at the top of the title page of the book at that site, you'll see that it is not 1862, but, rather, 1882 (the year the book was published). Paulmlieberman (talk) 13:12, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Were the Watkinses wealthy?[edit]

A recent (anonymous) edit states that Sam came from a wealthy, slave-owning family. It cites http://www.nps.gov/chch/learn/historyculture/sam-watkins.htm, which doesn't actually say that, but does say he brought a slave with him, and that he never mentions the slaves encamped with his troop, one of whom he brought. Does anybody know the truth of this, and can you document it? Paulmlieberman (talk) 19:14, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

popular culture[edit]

A year ago, the Popular Culture section of the article was removed. I've added it back in. If you choose to remove it again, please discuss it here first, and give a good reason. Paulmlieberman (talk) 04:41, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]