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Ep17: Union Brothers, Slaver Brother

Company D··3 October 2026·42 min

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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.