Company Aytch Questions

1. How does Sam explain cardinal directions?

2. How does Sam describe himself or his position in the First Tennessee Regiment?

3. Describe the "glory of war" that Sam writes about.

4. How does Sam describe the differences between the people of the North and the people of the South?

5. While at Warm Springs, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee visits the camp. How does Sam describe General Lee and what were Sam's feelings toward the general?

6. Sam writes about his turn standing picket on the Potomac. In this passage, he also writes about Stonewall Jackson. Why did Stonewall Jackson order the shooting of two men?

7. Describe "The Death Watch".

8. Why was Sam offended by the word, "HALT"?

9. Describe the events surrounding the sharpshooter?

10. What happened to the individuals that were court-marshaled at Tupelo?

11. What incident made Sam laugh at the Battle of Perryville?

12. Sam writes about Cumberland Gap and being without rations. What did they eat?

13. Describe the good fortune Sam and William A. Hughes experienced in Knoxville.

14. At Murfreesboro, Sam was wounded and started walking to the field hospital, describe the man he encountered on the road to the hospital.

15. What makes the character, Tennessee Thompson, stand out among the other characters that Sam describes.

16. Describe the event that caused the death of "Poor" Berry Morgan.

17. Sam went off to see the hanging of Yankee spies, why did the event leave him "sick at heart"?

18. "Presentiment, or the wing of the angel of death": Bob Stout predicts his death, describe the events of this ordeal.

19. Describe Sam's state of being at Ringgold Gap.

20. How did Joseph E. Johnston reestablish moral among the Army of Tennessee?

21. What was the role of Dr. C. T. Quintard? How did Sam describe him?

22. Tell the story of the hog stealing and what did Sam do to compensate the Old Women?

23. Describe the scene at the Octagon House.

24. The battle of Dead Angle was fought at Kennesaw Mountain. Summarize the events of this local battle.

25. Describe Sam's night of sleep in the hospital.

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