Q 01/05

Which filmmaker's 1990 documentary The Civil War quotes Sam Watkins, the author of Co. Aytch?

A) Errol Morris

B) Ken Burns

C) Michael Moore

D) Werner Herzog

Answer · why

B) Ken Burns

Ken Burns featured and quoted Watkins in the series, almost ninety years after the old soldier died in 1901.

Q 02/05

In Co. Aytch, which general, visiting camp in Virginia, looks to Sam Watkins like a kindly grandfather?

A) Robert E. Lee

B) James Longstreet

C) J. E. B. Stuart

D) P. G. T. Beauregard

Answer · why

A) Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee rode in alone and unarmed, and when he left, Watkins ran to fetch his horse and was thanked with 'my son'.

Q 03/05

The title of Sam Watkins's memoir Co. Aytch spells out which letter of his infantry company?

A) A

B) E

C) H

D) K

Answer · why

C) H

H was the letter: Watkins served in Company H of the First Tennessee Infantry and was one of only seven of its original members left at the surrender.

Q 04/05

In Co. Aytch, what pet named Fed, short for Confederacy, does Tom Tuck carry in a haversack?

A) A pet raccoon

B) A terrier pup

C) A tame squirrel

D) A game rooster

Answer · why

D) A game rooster

A game rooster named Fed crowed the regiment awake at daybreak until he lost a cock fight at Atlanta and went into the frying pan.

Q 05/05

In Co. Aytch, starving troops on Missionary Ridge beg which visiting dignitary for something to eat?

A) Alexander Stephens

B) Judah P. Benjamin

C) Jefferson Davis

D) Howell Cobb

Answer · why

C) Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis galloped down the line with a large staff while the men shouted that they were hungry and begged him to send food.