Category: 1860s

• Colby 78: Pay

  

  Colby displays a distinct lack of confidence in the stability of the US currency …

  Marek

  6 May, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, greenbacks, money

• Colby 77: Regimental Sutler

  

  1862: Sutler Pullen provides the goods… IF you have the money!

  Marek

  5 May, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, apples, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, NH history, potatoes, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  apples, civil war, figs, money, potatoes, Pullen, raisins, sutler, sweet potatoes, tobacco

• Colby 76: Rations

  

  Talking food with the tent-mates …

  Marek

  26 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, hardtack, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  beans, civil war, coffee, food, hardtack, soup

• Colby 75: Bravado & Hardihood

  

  Some of the men are “hardier” than others …

  Marek

  24 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, lice

• Colby 74: Scanning Our Worn Clothes

  

  Eviction day for Colby’s corporeal guests …

  Marek

  23 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, lice

• Colby 73: Graybacks

  

  1862: The sick tent has other inhabitants, besides the patients …

  Marek

  20 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, hospital, illness, lice, medicine

• Colby 72: Hospital Tent

  

  1862: Colby succumbs to medical treatment …

  Marek

  18 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  blankets, cedar, civil war, hospital, illness, jaundice, medicine

• Colby 71: The Yallers

  

  1862: And now we have a diagnosis!

  Marek

  16 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, jaundice, medicine, quinine, salt

• Colby 70: Too Sick to Mind

  

  1862: Finally, illness comes to Colby …

  Marek

  14 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  castor oil, civil war, Freeman Colby, illness, John I. Richardson, medicine, quinine

• Colby 69: Treatment

  

  1862: The regimental surgeon is an expert … in foiling fakers!

  Marek

  12 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  calomel, castor oil, civil war, illness, medicine, salt

• Colby 68: Sick Call

  

  1862: Jonas falls first, and the men line up …

  Marek

  10 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, jaundice, jonas bacon

• Colby 67: Water

  

  1862: Water problems in camp …

  Marek

  8 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  civil war, diarrhea, jaundice, malaria, mud, Muddy Branch, rain, water, weather, wind

• Colby 66: Rain

  

  1862: The weather turns muddy …

  Marek

  6 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  civil war, mud, Muddy Branch, rain, water, weather, wind

• Colby 65: Officers

  

  1862: As an independent New Englander, Colby chafes at the army’s rigid protocols …

  Marek

  3 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  army, civil war, officers

• Colby 64: “Even the Negroes”

  

  1862: Colby vents his jealousy of the treatment received by former slaves …

  Marek

  27 February, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, Freedmen, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, food, freedmen

• Colby 63: Guarding Rebel Property

  

  1862: Colby’s complaints against the army’s anti-foraging policies …

  Marek

  21 February, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, farmers, foraging, property, rebels

• Colby 62: Thus Far

  

  1862: Colby takes stock of the war …

  Marek

  19 February, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war

• Colby 61: Mail

  

  1862: News and views from the old NH home …

  Marek

  15 February, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  camp, civil war, George D. Colby, henry piper, mail, Maryland, Potomac, robert harriman

• Colby 60: Marching Orders

  

  Waiting for action …

  Marek

  11 February, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  camp, civil war, mail, Maryland, Potomac

• Colby 59: Muddy Branch

  

  A change of scenery & water supply …

  Marek

  8 February, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Maryland, Potomac, water

• Colby 58: Skirmish

  

  1862: A harrowing day of marching, waiting, marching, & wondering…

  Marek

  23 January, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  Maryland, Potomac, raid

• Colby 57: Rations

  

  1862: Col. Stearns secures more (if not better) victuals:

  Marek

  16 January, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  camp, Maryland, Phineas Stearns Davis, Potomac, rations

• Colby 56: Caught At It

  

  1862: Newton tries his hand at peach orchard thievery:

  Marek

  8 January, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, farms, NH history, peaches, SOURCE=HHS

  camp, charlie hart, civil war, Maryland, newton colby, peaches, Potomac, stealing

• Colby 55: Hospitality

  

  1862: Union boys aren’t supposed to take anything from the southron farms they pass…

  Marek

  6 January, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  camp, civil war, Freeman Colby, hospitality, Maryland, Potomac