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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Episode 31: CPL Henry M. Dysart and the 3rd Iowa Cavalry at the Battle of Pea Ridge
At the Battle of Pea Ridge, on the morning of 7 March 1862, an advance Cavalry and Artillery force which included CPL Dysart and the 3rd Iowa Cavalry witnessed some of the first shots of the battle a…
Episode 30: 2LT Lot D. Young and the 4th Kentucky (Confederate) at the Battle of Dallas
At the Battle of Dallas, 28 May 1864, 2LT Lot D. Young and the 4th Kentucky as part of the Orphan Brigade advanced upon a heavily entrenched Union Army. What was intended to be a three-brigade advanc…
Episode 29: 1LT Lemuel A. Abbott and the 10th Vermont at the Third Battle of Winchester
At the Third Battle of Winchester, 19 September 1864, 1LT Lemuel A. Abbott and the 10th Vermont, form as part of a two Corps advance upon the first Confederate position east of the town of Winchester…
Episode 28: 1LT James Dinkins and the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion at the First Battle of Collierville
At the First Battle of Collierville, 11 October 1863, 1LT Dinkins and the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion form in the center of an attacking Confederate force that possessed five times the men aga…
Episode 27: 3LT Rogers and the 47th North Carolina face CPL Strong and the 121st Pennsylvania on 1 July and 1LT Seville and the 1st Delaware on 3 July at the Battle of Gettysburg
At the Battle of Gettysburg, 3LT Rogers and the 47th North Carolina on 1 July advance through a wood line into an open field. As they march toward McPherson’s Ridge, a line of infantry appears on its…
Episode 26: CPL John R. McBride and the 33rd Indiana at the Battle of Thompson’s Station
At the Battle Thompson’s Station, 5 March 1863, CPL McBride and the 33rd Indiana, alongside their reinforced brigade meet MG Earl Van Dorn’s Cavalry while conducting a reconnaissance from Brentwood T…
Episode 25: PVT William E. Bevens and the 1st Arkansas at the Battle of Ringgold Gap
At the Battle of Ringgold Gap, PVT William E. Bevens and the 1st Arkansas are ordered to the top of White Oak Mountain, just north of the gap, to repel advancing Union Regiments and give the retreati…
Episode 24: SGT Charles Augustus Fuller and the 61st New York at the Battle of Glendale
At the Battle of Glendale, the evening of 30 June 1862, SGT Charles Augustus Fuller and the 61st New York advance at the head of their brigade north of the Long Bridge Road. As night descends on thei…
Episode 23: COL James Cooper Nisbet and the 66th Georgia at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek
At the Battle of Peach Tree Creek on 20 July 1864, COL James Cooper Nisbet and the 66th Georgia, participate in an echelon assault upon the Army of the Cumberland. After being repulsed, COL Nisbet re…
Episode 22: CPT Goldsborough and the 1st Maryland Face PVT Bicknell and the 5th Maine at the Battle of First Manassas
At the Battle of First Manassas, also known as First Bull Run, CPT William W. Goldsborough and the 1st Maryland meet PVT Bicknell and the 5th Maine on the battlefield at Chinn Ridge late in the after…
Episode 21: 1SG Thomas B. Marshall and the 83rd Ohio at the Siege of Vicksburg
At the Siege of Vicksburg, 1SG Marshall and the 83rd Ohio participated in two separate assaults upon the Confederate works and conducted siege operations that culminated in the 4 July 1863 surrender …
Episode 20: PVT John B. Ernul of the 1st North Carolina Artillery at Point Lookout Prison Camp
Captured at the Battle of Wyse Fork, 8 Mar 1865, PVT Ernul was transported to Point Lookout Maryland and stayed there until paroled in June 1865.
Sources used for this episode:
Ernul, J. B. Life of a C…
Episode 19: 2LT John G. B. Adams and the 19th Massachusetts at the Battle of Fredericksburg
At the Battle of Fredericksburg, 11 December 1862, 2LT John G.B. Adams and the 19th Massachusetts, alongside the 7th Michigan, conduct the first opposed river crossing and urban warfare of the Civil …
Episode 18: PVT John Milton Hubbard and the 7th Tennessee Cavalry at the Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads
At the Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads, PVT John Milton Hubbard and the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, as part of MG Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Cavalry Corps, advanced against a numerically superior Union force …
Episode 17: CPL Leander Stillwell and the 61st Illinois at the Battle of Shiloh
At the Battle of Shiloh, on the morning of 6 April 1862, CPL Leader Stillwell and the 61st Illinois heard the first shots of the battle off to their right and managed to form alongside their brigade …
Episode 16: CPL Preston L. Ledford and the 14th North Carolina at the Battle of Cedar Creek
At the Battle of Cedar Creek, the morning of 19 October 1864, Corporal Preston L. Ledford and the 14th North Carolina participated in a surprise attack upon the Army of West Virginia, also known as t…
Episode 15: 1LT William Hewitt and the 12th West Virginia at the Third Battle of Petersburg
At the Third Battle of Petersburg, 2 April 1865, 1LT William Hewitt and the 12th West Virginia were tasked with assaulting Fort Gregg, immediately following The Army of the Potomac's VI Corps assault…
Episode 14: LT Robert M. Franklin and the C.S. Bayou City at the Battle of Galveston
At the Battle of Galveston, 1 January 1863, LT Robert M. Franklin and the Texas Sailors, Artillerymen, Cavalrymen and Infantrymen aboard the Cottonclad C.S. Bayou City, with three other ships partici…
Episode 13: Louisa May Alcott and the Georgetown Union Hospital after the Battle of Fredericksburg
Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women in 1868, decided to become a Nurse in late 1862 and was assigned to the Union Hospital, a converted Hotel, which was in the Georgetown Neighborhood of Washin…
Episode 12: PVT Edward A. Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery at the Battle of Second Manassas
At the Battle of Second Manassas, or Second Bull Run, PVT Edward A. Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery, as part of the Stonewall Brigade, engage the soon to be named Iron Brigade on the evening o…