At the Battle of Atlanta, 22 July 1864, CPT Charles W. Wills and the 103rd Illinois occupied recently vacated Confederate trenches, and believed the way was open to seize the city. As they got to work “turning the trenches” the Illinoisans heard tremendous firing on the left flank and rear of the Army of the Tennessee. As CPT Wills listened, he spotted a line of grey troops emerge from the woodline behind them. Sources used for this episode: Kellogg, Mary E. Army Life of an Illinois So...
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At the Battle of Atlanta, 22 July 1864, CPT Charles W. Wills and the 103rd Illinois occupied recently vacated Confederate trenches, and believed the way was open to seize the city. As they got to work “turning the trenches” the Illinoisans heard tremendous firing on the left flank and rear of the Army of the Tennessee. As CPT Wills listened, he spotted a line of grey troops emerge from the woodline behind them. Sources used for this episode: Kellogg, Mary E. Army Life of an Illinois So...
Episode 39: Seaman Magee of the USS Kearsarge face Captain Semmes and the CSS Alabama at the Battle of Cherbourg
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Episode 39: Seaman Magee of the USS Kearsarge face Captain Semmes and the CSS Alabama at the Battle of Cherbourg
At the Battle of Cherbourg, 19 June 1864, Seaman Magee aboard the USS Kearsarge spotted the CSS Alabama, commanded by CPT Semmes as it departed the safety of Cherbourg Harbor to do battle in the English Channel. While both sloops-of-war were almost evenly matched in terms of cannon, the USS Kearsarge also had an armored hull, which became a deciding factor in the coming engagement. Sources used for this episode: Bradlee, Francis B. C. The Kearsarge-Alabama Battle. The Story as told to the wri...
First Person Civil War Podcast
At the Battle of Atlanta, 22 July 1864, CPT Charles W. Wills and the 103rd Illinois occupied recently vacated Confederate trenches, and believed the way was open to seize the city. As they got to work “turning the trenches” the Illinoisans heard tremendous firing on the left flank and rear of the Army of the Tennessee. As CPT Wills listened, he spotted a line of grey troops emerge from the woodline behind them. Sources used for this episode: Kellogg, Mary E. Army Life of an Illinois So...
