Rebecca Wright & Thomas Laws - Battlefields & Bourbon Podcast
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Blood-Stained Scabbard
John Alfred Koltes, a German immigrant who had served in the Mexican War and later as a Marine, became colonel of the 73rd Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War. By all accounts a brave leader, he stepped up to lead a charge and paid with his life. Here's the story.
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Chickamauga: “The Earth Trembled with...
What was it like to come within an inch of a musket ball in battle? Chaplain William W. Lyle of the 11th Ohio Infantry happened to be riding with the surgeon of his regiment in an area active with sharpshooters during the Battle of Chickamauga.
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The Battle of the Wilderness with Chr...
Daz is joined by author, historian, & Co-Founder of Emerging Civil War, Chris Mackowski, to discuss The Battle of the Wilderness.
The Battle of the Wilderness occurred in May 1864 and was the first engagement in a series of conflicts between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, known as the Over...
