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Company D

George F. Snell III

Company D brings the American Civil War to life through the eyes of citizen-soldiers. One Regiment. One Company. Countless stories of courage, sacrifice, and betrayal—exposing the human toll of a war that transformed the United States.

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Ep07 Teaser: Jeremiah Wakefield

Company D ·

2025/12/10

More than one in five Civil War soldiers were teenagers. In Company D, two of them, 18-year-old David Ring and 19-year-old Jeremiah Wakefield, rose quickly through the ranks on ambition and grit. But the war would claim one before he ever saw twenty-one. The full episode premieres on December 17.

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Ep06: Leonard Peaslee is Gone

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2025/12/03

On July 4, 1862, Private Leonard Peaslee vanished from the U.S. General Hospital in Annapolis, Maryland. No discharge. No death record. No trace. His disappearance shattered his family: his wife, Cornelia, and their infant daughter slid into poverty, denied a widow’s pension because no one could prove Leonard was gone. More than 163 years later, this episode of Company D follows the trail he left behind and uncovers the mystery of what became of Leonard Peaslee.

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Ep06 Teaser: Leonard Peaslee

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2025/11/19

On May 5, 1862, Private Leonard Peaslee checked into U.S. General Hospital in Annapolis, sick but expected to recover. Two months later, after writing his wife on July 4, he vanished. No death record. No discharge. No trace. Ep06 — “Leonard Peaslee Is Gone” follows the 163-year mystery of a Union private who simply disappeared. And maybe, just maybe, we find him. The full episode premieres on December 3.

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Ep05: The Carpetbagger

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2025/11/12

Shot four times in battle, Henry H. Shaw of Maine refused to quit. A decorated hero of the Third Maine Infantry, he marched not home but South—into the heart of Reconstruction. In Tarboro, North Carolina, he became a postmaster, a reformer, and the unlikely founder of Princeville—the first incorporated Black town in America. Discover forgotten history on Company D.

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Ep05 Teaser: Henry H. Shaw

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2025/11/05

Henry Harrison Shaw survived four Confederate bullets during the war. But when the guns fell silent, the Union veteran did something few could fathom—he went South. To Tarboro, North Carolina.Once branded a Yankee invader, Shaw reinvented himself as a Southern gentleman. Yet his greatest legacy came not from battle, but from what he built in peace: selling his riverside land to former slaves who would found Princeville, the first incorporated Black town in the United States. The full

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Ep04: The Old Warhorse

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2025/10/29

William Hogan Higgins had an oversized ego and an outsized personality. Traits that won him loyal followers but also many enemies, including the Governor of Maine. His rocky tenure with Company D of the Third Maine ended with a bullet wound to the leg, followed by a special assignment: adjutant at one of the most notorious Union prisons in the Civil War. A bombastic bully has his day on Company D.

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Ep04 Teaser: William Higgins

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2025/10/22

Every company has one. The bully, the know-it-all, the man who can’t help but take over a room. For Company D, it was William Hogan Higgins. He threatened Maine’s governor. He browbeat his own nephew to get a promotion. And he dared anyone to question his claim to be the best sergeant in the regiment. His story arrives on October 29.

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Ep03: Albion Kennerson's Confederate Brother

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2025/10/15

James Kennerson leaves Maine for Alabama—and within months is forced into marriage and then enlists with the Confederacy, fighting against his two brothers in Union blue. Brother against brother isn’t a slogan here; it’s the Kennersons’ life, and the Civil War runs straight through their front door. Loyalty, betrayal, and hard-won forgiveness take center stage in this episode of Company D.

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Ep03 Teaser: Albion Kennerson

Company D ·

2025/10/08

Two brothers from Maine. One fought for the U.S. Army. The other joined the Confederacy. One wore blue and fought to keep the nation together. The other donned gray and battled to split the country in half. Albion Kennerson vs. James Kennerson. Brother vs. brother. This is the Civil War at its most personal. The full episode drops on October 15.

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40:03

Ep02: Nobody Likes You, Woodbury

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2025/10/01

Leadership under fire. Mutiny at his back. The slaughter of the Battle of Gettysburg was ahead. Lieutenant Woodbury Hall marched his men into hell. Was he a failure or a commander forged by chaos? Step inside his story on Company D.

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Ep02 Teaser: Woodbury Hall

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2025/09/24

His men despised him. They called Lieutenant Woodbury Hall "incompetent" and "obnoxious." Even his own uncle tried to drive him out. Yet at Gettysburg — the Civil War’s turning point — Hall led his company through fire. Join us for our second episode coming on October 1.

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31:29

The Mystery of the Missing Captain

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2025/09/17

He was listed as missing. Then declared killed. Then reported wounded and captured. For more than 160 years, the final fate of Captain Alfred S. Merrill has remained a mystery. In the debut episode of Company D, we uncover the truth in “The Mystery of the Missing Captain.” Visit us at the Company D website.

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Episode 1 Teaser: Alfred S. Merrill

Company D ·

2025/09/10

What happened to Captain Alfred S. Merrill at the Battle of the Wilderness? For 160 years, his fate has remained a mystery. On September 17, Company D launches with our debut episode—revealing the truth about the missing captain.

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Company D: One Regiment. One Company. Countless Stories.

Company D ·

2025/08/27

Think the American Civil War is dusty and dull? Company D proves you wrong with true stories of epic battles, shocking betrayals, and human drama that rivals any Hollywood blockbuster. Told with grit and heart, Company D launches September 17—new episodes every two weeks.

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