Ep19 Trailer: Bainbridge P. Brown

Bainbridge P. Brown deserted from Company D of the Third Maine, yet somehow secured a medical discharge. He may have been gay in an era when such relationships were kept secret. He built a successful career as a studio photographer in Bath and Boston before turning to spirit photography, claiming his charmed camera could capture images of the dead. Then his world caved in. The full episode, "The Ghost Photographer," drops on October 28.

What is Company D?

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.