First Person Civil War Podcast

About 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.

Publisher

Bill Coghlan

Category

history · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jan 2024

Latest episode

2 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

68 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Sept 2026

   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 Confederate line that threatened the Army of Virginia’s rear. After becoming separated with the 51st New York, the Bay Staters eventually advanced against two Confederate Brigades where they suffered 35% casualties. With the rain spoiling their ammunition, th...

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   12 Aug 2026

   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 Tennessee. The vital rail junction and industrial hub of Atlanta lay approximately 20 miles to the south. So intense was the fighting upon this part of the line that it became known afterward as “The Dead Angle.” Sources used for this episode: Stewar...

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   1 Jul 2026

   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 68thPennsylvania which held the line in a Peach Orchard. After the Confederates successfully broke the III Corps’ line, PVT McNeily and the 21st Mississippi continued their charge, eventually by themselves, toward the newly formed hole in the Union line. With no...

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YouTube views

3,122

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

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Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

77

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