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Company D

Company D

Written by: George F. Snell III
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One Regiment. One Company. Countless Stories. Company D is a narrative history podcast about the American Civil War's impact on everyday people, told through the lives of the soldiers of Company D, Third Maine Infantry, and their families, friends, and communities. Host George F. Snell III brings you colorful, true-life stories uncovered in diaries, letters, newspapers, military records, and pension files. Forgotten soldiers. Untold stories.© 2025 George F. Snell III, produced by Dark Party Productions. Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Ep18: The Merry Affair

    Ep18: The Merry Affair
    Oct 14 2026

    Did former corporal Albert S. Merry kill his wife? In our second Company D Noir episode, we investigate a bitter marriage. While Albert spent most of his time living at the Old Soldiers' Home in Togus, Maine, his wife, Nancy, lived nearby in poverty. They fought over his military pension. They accused each other of physical and mental abuse. And then, on the coldest night of 1907, Nancy was found dead in her woodshed.
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    40 mins
  • Ep18 Trailer: Albert S. Merry

    Ep18 Trailer: Albert S. Merry
    Oct 7 2026

    A dead wife. A bitter marriage. A husband with motive and opportunity. In 1907, former Company D corporal Albert S. Merry found his estranged wife, Nancy, frozen to death in her woodshed. Authorities ruled her death as a heart attack. But Nancy had accused Albert of violence, threats, and infidelity, and her daughter believed her mother was the victim of foul play. Did Albert kill his wife? Episode 18, The Merry Affair, arrives October 14.
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    3 mins
  • Ep17: Union Brothers, Slaver Brother

    Ep17: Union Brothers, Slaver Brother
    Sep 30 2026

    Three brothers went to war, but not on the same side. James and Charles Couillard fought for the Union, while their brother John worked on a Louisiana slave plantation and joined the Confederate Army. At Fredericksburg, their divided paths converged on the same battlefield. Episode 17 follows the Couillard brothers from Bath, Maine, through slavery, war, capture, and a family divide that would never fully heal.
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    42 mins
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