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…
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…
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.…
Three Maine brothers. Loyalties divided between the Union and the Confederacy. One battlefield. James and Charles Couillard fought for the Third Maine. Their brother John worked on a slave plantation…
Born into one of Bath, Maine’s wealthiest families, James H. Tallman enlisted in the Union Army as a private and quickly rose to major. But money and connections couldn’t protect him from his own…
Born into wealth and privilege, James H. Tallman enlisted as a private in Company D of the Third Maine and quickly rose through the ranks to become a major in the Union Army. But Tallman’s confidence…
When James E. Hooper was drafted into the Union Army, he paid George S. Stewart to take his place. Stewart went to war. Hooper stayed home. But neither man escaped what followed. Episode 15 traces the…
George S. Stewart, a poor brickmaker in New Hampshire, became the paid substitute for James Hooper of Paris, Maine. One man took the other's place to fight in the American Civil War. Yet, somehow, the…
One failed promotion cost Captain William H. Watson his military career. Or so he thought. After resigning his commission, he was drafted back into the Union Army and paid a substitute to serve in his…
Captain William H. Watson gambled his military career on a promotion he believed was certain. Instead, he resigned his commission, watched his ambitions collapse, and was drafted back into the Union…
