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.
First Person Civil War Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 67: CPT Charles F. Walcott and the 21st Massachusetts at the Battle of Chantilly
At the Battle of Chantilly, the evening of 1 September 1862, CPT Walcott and the 21st Massachusetts alongside the 51st New York advanced toward the east through dense woods and a thunderstorm to support the advance of the IX Corps upon a Confed...
Episode 66: The Dead Angle at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
At the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, 27 June 1864 SGT Nixon B. Stewart of the 52nd Ohio followed his Brigade Commander, COL Daniel McCook in the assault against the Confederate trenches upon Cheatham Hill held by PVT Sam Watkins and the 1st Tenn...
Episode 65: Breakthrough at the Peach Orchard, Battle of Gettysburg
At the Battle of Gettysburg, 2 July 1863, PVT J.S. McNeilly of the 21st Mississippi as part of BG Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade charged the salient created by the Union III Corps. The 21st Mississippi smashed into COL Tippin and the 68thPenns...
Episode 64: PVT J. P. Blessington and the 16th Texas at the Battle of Mansfield
At the Battle of Mansfield, 8 April 1864, PVT J.P. Blessington and the 16th Texas form a line of battle to await the first Union column marching north along the Mansfield Road. After retreating up the Red River to consolidate forces, the Confed...
Episode 63: SGM George N. Carpenter and the 8th Vermont at the Siege of Port Hudson
At the Siege of Port Hudson, which began in May 1863, SGM George N. Carpenter and the 8th Vermont manned the trenches north of the town. The Army of the Gulf was working in conjunction with the MG Grant’s siege of Vicksburg to the North. Much r...