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Frontier Quarrels

Five reasons for the raid...

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Hannah Dustin (1697)

"Famous example of frontier heroism." (sic)

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Hawks 20: Their Environment

1862: Dr. Esther confronts head-on the situation of the South Carolina Freedmen:

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Hawks 19: The Lowest Type

1862: Dr. Esther sets out to write about freedmen volunteering to fight for the union, but once again encounters her own racial prejudices ...

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Hawks 18: Morality

1862: Dr. Esther's observations of the "peculiar characteristics of the negro":

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Hawks 17: Merely a Subterfuge

1862: Dr. Esther suspects the former slaves are trying to trick her ...

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Hawks 16: Praise & Pride

1862: Many of Dr. Esther's notes on the freedmen of South Carolina seem to mix equal parts observation and prejudice ...

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Hawks 15: Looms Up the Grand Mansion

1862: Dr. Hawks explores the "grand mansions" & grounds of Beaufort ...

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Hawks 14: The Shell Road

1862: Scenic South Carolina in the midst of war ...

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Hawks 13: From a Military Point of View

1862: Dr. Hawks lays out some of the military realities of her surroundings ...

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Hawks: Nursing the 54th Massachusetts (poster)

1863: Dr. Esther Hill Hawks confronts many of her own racial preconceptions when she finds herself managing the camp hospital that receives over 500 wounded men of the 54th MA following their assault on Fort Wagner...

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Colby 20: On Parade

1862: Discipline stretches in the hot noonday sun ...

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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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Colby 18: Rejoining the Regiment

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

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Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!

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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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Colby 14: Dash for the Train

1862: Jonas and Freeman go AWOL to visit Henniker one last time before shipping out...

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Colby 13: Devoted to Drilling

1862: This seems almost idyllic... until you consider the horrors these men will soon face.

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Colby 12: Close to Home

1862: Those lucky boys from Woburn get to visit home any time they want ...

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Colby 11: Captain’s Promise

1862: Is Captain Richardson playing favorites in the furlough department?

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Colby 10: Stuff for Sale

1862: Camp “venders” settle in to make money off the boys in blue…

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Colby 9: Camp Life

1862: Camp routine of the 39th Massachusetts Company K...

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Colby 8: Company K

1862: Three NH lads muster with the Woburn men...

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Colby 7: Just in Case

1862: You're in the army now.