Company D

Drafted into the Civil War they never wanted to fight, John and Frank Shorey served side by side in the Third Maine Infantry. Same company. Same tent. Same war. They even wrote letters home together. Then two bullets changed everything. Episode 12 traces the remarkable journey of two inseparable brothers from a Maine brickyard to the battlefields of Virginia.

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.