First Person Civil War Podcast
Are you ready for a First Person account of a Civil War battle? Union and Confederate Soldiers and Officers wrote in journals and published books during and after the war. Join Bill Coghlan every week as he retells what these men saw and did on the battlefield.
Podcasting since 2024 • 60 episodes
First Person Civil War Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 59: PVT Joseph J. Sutton and the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry at the Battle of Five Forks
At the Battle of Five Forks, 1 April 1865, PVT Joseph J. Sutton and the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry, advanced through the battlefield of the day before at Dinwiddie Courthouse only to find the Confederate Cavalry and Infantry have retreated to th...
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Episode 58: SGT Robert H. Williams and Atchison’s Border Ruffians at the 1856 Sacking of Lawrence Kansas
At the Sacking of Lawrence, 21 May 1856, SGT Robert H. Williams of the Mounted Rangers, Atchison’s Border Ruffians, rode into the Free-State town of Lawrence during a time that is known as Bleeding Kansas. The Pro-Slavery Ruffians assembled in ...
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Episode 57: The Unknown Soldier of the 19th Iowa
An Unknown Soldier from Company A, 19th Iowa kept a diary of his time in the Union Army from September to December 1862. It was discovered after the Battle of Prairie Grove, 7 December 1862, somewhere along the advance or retreat of the 19th Io...
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Episode 56: CPT Charles W. Wills and the 103rd Illinois at the Battle of Atlanta
At the Battle of Atlanta, 22 July 1864, CPT Charles W. Wills and the 103rd Illinois occupied recently vacated Confederate trenches, and believed the way was open to seize the city. As they got to work “turning the trenches” the Illinoisans hear...
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Episode 55: PVT William A. McClendon and the 15th Alabama at the Battle of Cross Keys
At the Battle of Cross Keys, 8 June 1862, PVT William A. McClendon and the 15th Alabama posted in front of the Confederate left flank and narrowly escaped being cut off from the rest of the Army. After marching at the double quick across the ba...
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