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 reckless behavior. Episode 16 traces Tallman’s remarkable rise and fall through two court-martials, scandal, dismissal, and an early death that brought one of Maine’s most prominent families crashing back to earth.

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 became recklessness and led to not one court-martial, but two in less than two years. Episode 16, The Poor Little Rich Boy, arrives September 16.

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 intertwined lives of two strangers whose single transaction ended in disappearance, imprisonment, disease, and death.

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 fates of these two strangers became dangerously intertwined. Episode 15, Two Strangers, One Fate, arrives September 2.

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 place rather than return as an enlisted man. Yet by the end of his life, he had become "Colonel" Watson. Episode 14 explores ambition, memory, and legacy.

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 Army as an enlisted man. Join us for a story of ambition, reinvention, and the power of memory. Episode 14, Colonel Watson, arrives July 22.

A single bullet at the Battle of Bull Run shattered Moses O. Crafts' knee and changed the course of his life. By the time he returned home to Bath, Maine, he had traded a sergeant's stripes for a private's, a musket for a walking stick, and dreams of military glory for a lifetime of pain. But Moses refused to let his wound define him. Episode 13 follows the remarkable journey of one of Company D's most resilient soldiers as he fought to build a life after the Civil War.

A gunshot wound ended Sergeant Moses O. Crafts' Civil War service. It never stopped shaping his life. For decades afterward, he described the same pain: a knee that turned numb, cold, and nearly useless. His remarkable story arrives on July 8 in Episode 13, The Broken Soldier.

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.

The Shorey brothers never wanted to be soldiers. John and Frank worked at their father's brickyard in Norridgewock, Maine, and hoped to avoid the Civil War altogether. But when the draft caught up with them in 1863, the brothers had no choice but to enlist. They became inseparable: same company, same tent, same war. Then two bullets changed everything. The full episode drops on June 14.