First Person Civil War Podcast
By Bill Coghlan
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Episodes: 65
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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.
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Episode 64: PVT J. P. Blessington and the 16th Texas at the Battle of Mansfield
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May 27, 2026 |
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Episode 63: SGM George N. Carpenter and the 8th Vermont at the Siege of Port Hudson
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May 06, 2026 |
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Episode 62: SGT Walter A. Clark and the 63rd Georgia at the Battle of Bentonville
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Episode 61: PVT Philip Cheek and the 6th Wisconsin at the Battle of South Mountain
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Episode 60: PVT John H. Worsham and the 21st Virginia at the Battle of Cedar Mountain
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Episode 59: PVT Joseph J. Sutton and the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry at the Battle of Five Forks
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Episode 58: SGT Robert H. Williams and Atchison’s Border Ruffians at the 1856 Sacking of Lawrence Kansas
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Episode 57: The Unknown Soldier of the 19th Iowa
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Episode 56: CPT Charles W. Wills and the 103rd Illinois at the Battle of Atlanta
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Episode 55: PVT William A. McClendon and the 15th Alabama at the Battle of Cross Keys
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Episode 54: SGT Edwin C. Bennett and the 22nd Massachusetts at the Battle of Malvern Hill
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 53: Father Henry Clavreul at Andersonville
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 52: SGT William J. McMurray and the 20th Tennessee at the Battle of Mill Springs
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 51: The Cornfield at the Battle of Antietam
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Episode 50: LTC Bishop and the 2nd Minnesota face on 19 September CPL Carter and the 27th Mississippi and on 20 September LTC Ray of the 60th North Carolina and CPT Bailey of the 58th North Carolina at the Battle of Chickamauga
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Episode 49: CPT Fritsch and the 68th New York face PVT Nichols and the 61st Georgia on 1 July and CPT Ray and the 6th North Carolina on 2 July at the Battle of Gettysburg
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Episode 48: SGT Edward P. Tobie and the 1st Maine Cavalry at the Battle of Brandy Station
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 47: PVT John O. Casler and the 33rd Virginia at the Battle of First Bull Run
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 46: 1LT Charles T. Clark and the 125th Ohio at the Battle of Missionary Ridge
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 45: SGT William V. Izlar and the 25th South Carolina at the Battle of Globe Tavern
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Episode 44: MAJ James H. Kidd and the 6th Michigan Cavalry at the Battle of Yellow Tavern
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Episode 43: SGT William H. Tunnard and the 3rd Louisiana at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 42: PVT Herbert W. Beecher and the 1st Connecticut Light Artillery Battery at the Battle of Secessionville
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 41: CPL Ephraim M. Anderson and the 2nd Missouri (Confederate) at the Battle of Champion Hill
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 40 PVT Martin A. Haynes and the 2nd New Hampshire at the Battle of Cold Harbor
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 39: Seaman Magee of the USS Kearsarge face Captain Semmes and the CSS Alabama at the Battle of Cherbourg
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 38 MAJ Joseph L. Brent and the Expedition to capture the USS Indianola
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 37: CH Frederick Denison and the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery at the Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 36: Cadet CPT Frank Preston and the VMI Cadets at the Battle of New Market
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 35: 2LT Camille Baquet and the 1st New Jersey at the Battle of the Wilderness
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 34: PVT John W. Munson and the 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion at the Action at Mount Zion Church
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 33: CPT William H. Chamberlin and the 81st Ohio at the Second Battle of Corinth
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 32: 1LT C. Seton Fleming and the 2nd Florida at the Battle of Williamsburg
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 31: CPL Henry M. Dysart and the 3rd Iowa Cavalry at the Battle of Pea Ridge
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 30: 2LT Lot D. Young and the 4th Kentucky (Confederate) at the Battle of Dallas
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 29: 1LT Lemuel A. Abbott and the 10th Vermont at the Third Battle of Winchester
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 28: 1LT James Dinkins and the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion at the First Battle of Collierville
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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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
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Episode 26: CPL John R. McBride and the 33rd Indiana at the Battle of Thompson’s Station
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 25: PVT William E. Bevens and the 1st Arkansas at the Battle of Ringgold Gap
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 24: SGT Charles Augustus Fuller and the 61st New York at the Battle of Glendale
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 23: COL James Cooper Nisbet and the 66th Georgia at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 22: CPT Goldsborough and the 1st Maryland Face PVT Bicknell and the 5th Maine at the Battle of First Manassas
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May 22, 2024 |
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Episode 21: 1SG Thomas B. Marshall and the 83rd Ohio at the Siege of Vicksburg
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 20: PVT John B. Ernul of the 1st North Carolina Artillery at Point Lookout Prison Camp
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May 08, 2024 |
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Episode 19: 2LT John G. B. Adams and the 19th Massachusetts at the Battle of Fredericksburg
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 18: PVT John Milton Hubbard and the 7th Tennessee Cavalry at the Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 17: CPL Leander Stillwell and the 61st Illinois at the Battle of Shiloh
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 16: CPL Preston L. Ledford and the 14th North Carolina at the Battle of Cedar Creek
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 15: 1LT William Hewitt and the 12th West Virginia at the Third Battle of Petersburg
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 14: LT Robert M. Franklin and the C.S. Bayou City at the Battle of Galveston
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 13: Louisa May Alcott and the Georgetown Union Hospital after the Battle of Fredericksburg
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 12: PVT Edward A. Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery at the Battle of Second Manassas
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 11: 2LT Frederick Tomlinson Peet and the USMC at the Siege of Fort Wagner.
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 10: 1LT Fitch and the 21st Wisconsin Face PVT Watkins and the 1st Tennessee at the Battle of Perryville
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 9: PVT Edward Young McMorries and the 1st Alabama at the Battle of Franklin
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 8: CPT John McMurray and the 6th U.S.C.T. at the Battle of New Market Heights
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 7: SGT McDaniel and the 7th South Carolina at the Battle of Antietam
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 6: Corporal Daniel Crotty and the 3rd Michigan at the Battle of Chancellorsville
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 5: COL Winchester Hall and the 26th Louisiana at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 4: Frederick Phisterer and the Regular Brigade In the Cedar Forest at The Battle of Stones River
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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First Person Civil War Podcast Introduction
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 1: Artillery Experiences at Petersburg
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 2: 14th U.S.C.T. Holds against Forrest’s Cavalry
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 3: George N. Harris 19th Virginia Conspicuous at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill Missing at the Battle of Glendale
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Jan 10, 2024 |