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Colby 73: Graybacks

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

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Colby 72: Hospital Tent

1862: Colby succumbs to medical treatment ...

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Colby 71: The Yallers

1862: And now we have a diagnosis!

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Colby 70: Too Sick to Mind

1862: Finally, illness comes to Colby ...

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Colby 69: Treatment

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

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Colby 68: Sick Call

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

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Colby 65: Officers

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

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Colby 64: “Even the Negroes”

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

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Colby 63: Guarding Rebel Property

1862: Colby's complaints against the army's anti-foraging policies ...

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Colby 62: Thus Far

1862: Colby takes stock of the war ...

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Colby 61: Mail

1862: News and views from the old NH home ...

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Colby 58: Skirmish

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

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Colby 57: Rations

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

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Colby 56: Caught At It

1862: Newton tries his hand at peach orchard thievery:

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Colby 55: Hospitality

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

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Colby 54: Peaches

1862: An intriguing meditation on property, slavery, and justice by our Northern narrator:

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Hawks 52: Emancipation! (January 1st, 1863)

1862-3: NH doctor ESTHER HILL HAWKS rings in the New Year with the 1st South Carolina (Colored) Regiment ... as the Emancipation Proclamation take effect, and the Union is changed forever!

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Colby 103: Bakery Nearby

1862: Colby's on sick leave, waiting to catch a ride back up to the front ...

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Colby 102: Holiday

1862: Colby gets an unexpected holiday break as Christmas approaches ...