Ep11: His Insanity Was Inherited

Boy soldier Granville M. Holt enlisted in the U.S. Army at just 15 years old, becoming one of the youngest Civil War soldiers in Maine history. He managed this feat with the blessing of his minister father, who assured recruiters that his son was 18—the legal enlistment age. Granville survived the war, but he could not escape the affliction that had haunted the Holt family for generations.

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.