![]() ![]() The anecdote comes from Watkins’s memoir, “Co. ![]() His whole household had gone visiting … In fact, I think all of the citizens of Perryville were taken with a sudden notion of promiscuous visiting about this time at least they were not home to all callers. ![]() We got very friendly … and made a raid upon a citizen’s pantry where we captured a bucket of honey, a pitcher of sweet milk, and three or four biscuits. As Sam explains, that night they were not enemies. Upon drawing picket duty on the eve of the battle, a Confederate private named Sam Watkins of the First Tennessee was surprised to discover a Union guard, also on duty, just across 8, 1862, initial troop deployments occupied the preceding day while local residents pondered whether they should stay or leave. Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.Īlthough the battle of Perryville, Ky., was fought on Oct. ![]()
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