Co. Aytch is one Confederate soldier's account of the war 20 years after the cannon's ceased. It is unique in the fact that the author was a private, a fighting man, and he tells the everyday stories: drilling, marching, foraging, picket, attacking, etc. It's written from an "everyman" point of view, not the famous politicians and generals back then. Just a fighting soldier trying to serve his duty and make it back home to marry his girl and start a life.
Sam takes you on an adventure thru every major battle and event that will have you in tears one minute and laughing the next. I have noticed so many accounts are based on Co. Aytch. The scene from G&G where the Yank and Reb picketts trade tobacco for coffee comes to mind.
How about the Scene in The Red Badge of Courage where he is walking next to the wounded man. Stephen Crane took that right out of Co. Aytch