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 • 62 episodes
First Person Civil War Podcast
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Episode 61: PVT Philip Cheek and the 6th Wisconsin at the Battle of South Mountain
At the Battle of South Mountain, on the evening of 14 September 1862, PVT Phillip Cheek and the 6th Wisconsin advanced upon Turner’s Gap, one of three passes at South Mountain. Alongside the 19th Indiana, 2nd and 7th Wisconsin Infantries, the m...
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Episode 60: PVT John H. Worsham and the 21st Virginia at the Battle of Cedar Mountain
At the Battle of Cedar Mountain, 9 August 1862, PVT Worsham and the 21st Virginia formed the right flank of Garnett’s brigade in a wooded area along the Orange and Culpeper Road. Perfectly position for flanking fire upon advancing Union Regimen...
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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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