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17 April, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Reference Links

Hawks 10: Mere Love of Destroying

1862: Dr. Hawks continues to document the depredations of Union troops occupying coastal South Carolina ...

13 April, 201311 May, 2013 Marek 1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving... (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)

10 April, 201314 September, 2017 Marek 1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #1)

1860: Burleigh's recently back from the 1860 Republican convention in Chicago, and he can't wait to tell his brother all about the celebrations back on the farm in Contoocook:

5 April, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 26: Washington

1862: Colby's regiment finally reaches Washington, but Newton's sick in the hospital when the work begins ...

28 March, 201327 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, firewood, Freedmen, NH history

Hawks 21: Family of Servants

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

22 March, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War Letters & Diaries, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

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 ...

20 March, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War Letters & Diaries, graves & memorials, horses, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

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:

18 March, 201324 March, 2013 Marek 1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War, Contoocook Village, Hopkinton, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Dear Brother (Jones, June 13th 1862)

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

13 March, 20133 June, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 25: Rumors of Jackson

1862: Gossip spreads about the regiment's first assignment ...

11 March, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Reference Links

Hawks 9: Beautiful City

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

9 March, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 24: Baltimore Poison

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

26 February, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 23: Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

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

23 February, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, horses, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

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 ...

21 February, 201320 February, 2013 Marek 1860s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 3)

1861: Parents! Lay not the flattering unction! ...

20 February, 201326 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Connecticut, SOURCE=HHS, weather

Colby 21: The Wait

1862: Colby's long slow journey to the front continues ...

19 February, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, graves & memorials, Reference Links, vermin

Hawks 8: Miserable Night

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

18 February, 201321 February, 2013 Marek 1760s, 1860s, colonial, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)

1861: In its official report, the Henniker School Committee proceeds to excoriate parents & dispense vocational advice:

16 February, 201326 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, Massachusetts, SOURCE=HHS, weather

Colby 20: On Parade

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

15 February, 201322 February, 2013 Marek 1860s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 1)

1861: As the Civil War breaks wide open & Henniker issues its annual Town Report, the School Committee sounds an incendiary call to either FIX the schools, or DO AWAY with them altogether!