Sergeant Wilbur Crummer, of the 45th Illinois Infantry, describes catching a youthful smuggler, sneaking through the lines to provide ammo to the besieged Confederates in Vicksburg.

The Promise of Coffee

The Civil War Regiments Podcast is a collection of accounts and diary entries of the common soldiers of the American Civil War, along with unit histories and battle narratives, to help educate and offer a better understanding of the daily life of soldiers from 1861-1865.