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Hawks 21: Family of Servants

1862: Dr. Esther has some help at her new home in South Carolina ...

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I Will Pledge Myself (Jones, June 13th 1862, #3)

1862: The Union armies stand at the gates of Richmond, and to Burleigh, the war seems all but won. He couldn't be more wrong ...

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Company B Fall in for Dinner (Jones, June 13th 1862, #2)

1862: Burleigh K. Jones takes a break from letter writing to observe dinnertime; then he continues with some ghastly details from the Fair Oaks battlefield:

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Dear Brother (Jones, June 13th 1862)

Contoocook's Burleigh K. Jones writes to his brother following the Battle of Seven Pines ...

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Hawks 9: Beautiful City

1862: Dr. Esther seems to have a weak spot for the opulent luxury of plantation culture ...

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Colby 24: Baltimore Poison

1862: Dangers of roadside rebel coffee in Baltimore ...

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Colby 23: Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

1862: The regiment receives a generous reception in Philly ...

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Colby 22: Philadelphia by Mule

1862: With the war raging next door in Maryland, the city of Philadelphia STILL insists on certain inconvenient city ordinances ...

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Hawks 8: Miserable Night

1862: Dr. Esther's party passes a difficult first night in their new quarters ...

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Colby 19: Getting Back

1862: Despite the Captain's wrath, Colby seems to really relish this memory of his escape from camp the week before ...

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Hawks 7: Home

1862: Dr. Esther & her band of missionary women arrive at their new quarters ...

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The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (INTRO)

1861: Background info & links for Freeman's diary ...

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Hawks 6: Take Us in Charge

1862: Dr. Hawks' party steps onshore in occupied South Carolina ...

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Hawks 5: A Most Grateful Party

1862: Amidst tempest, terror, & rumors of a wreck, Dr. Esther's ship somehow pulls into Hilton Head ...

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Hawks 4: Unfit for Ocean Travel

1862: To South Carolina, by leaky boat full of diseased soldiers ...

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Colby 18: Rejoining the Regiment

1862: Colby & Bacon try to slip back into their Regiment as it passes through Boston...

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Hawks 3: Lovejoys Hotel

1862: Dr. Esther makes friends during a short stop in a stinky New York hotel room...

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Colby 17: Farewell

1862: At the end of his informal furlough, AWOL Freeman must say good-bye...

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Hawks 2: Alone in the City

1862: Dr. Hawks makes her way South, towards mission work with the freedmen...

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Colby 15: Evasion

1862: Two soldiers on the run skip Boston, evade arrest, and proceed straight to NH!

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Hawks 1: Civil War Diary (cover)

1862: A color cover of Manchester native Dr. Esther Hill Hawks, all alone on the pier at New York City, on her way to occupied South Carolina...