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15 June, 201327 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, medicine, NH history

Hawks 11: Every Indignity Which Human Ingenuity Could Devise

1862: Even worse than property damage is the abuse of former slaves by Northern soldiers ...

4 June, 201313 January, 2015 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, Massachusetts, medicine, NH history, posters

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...

13 May, 201315 February, 2015 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 27: Ellsworth & Lee

1862: Colby surveys his surroundings & recalls the big names that shaped history here ...

11 May, 2013 Marek 1860s, Contoocook Village, goose, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety, turkey

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh sends news about his family's Thanksgiving activities...

29 April, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, hiking, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, weather, White Mountains, William B. Swett

Swett 10: Snow-balling in June

1865: The restorative powers of the White Mountains during the closing months of the Civil War...

24 April, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, NH history, Reference Links

Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

1862: Dr. Esther loses her voice teaching 300 freedmen students at a time ...

22 April, 201327 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, libraries, NH history

Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

1862: Roman poets among the ruins ...

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:

9 April, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1800-1899, Colebrook, government, NH history

Such an Offer (Colebrook)

Class, pride, & democracy in the early days of a Northern NH community...

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 ...

1 April, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1850s, Concord, Contoocook Village, guest artist, hiking, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH culture, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Mayflowers (B K Jones, April 25th 1858) (Guest Post)

1858: Burleigh K. Jones has some fun times planned for May Day, but life around the capital still seems unbearably dull... (Drawn by guest artist Althea Barton)

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 ...

27 March, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1850s, Contoocook Village, guest artist, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

I am Pedling Buttons (B K Jones, March 6th 1858) (Guest Post)

1858: Be careful what you wish for! Burleigh K. Jones just can't get rid of those buttons he had his brother send him from Boston! (Drawn by guest artist Heather Mitchell) ...

24 March, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1850s, Contoocook Village, guest artist, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

They Have Discovered a Cave! (B K Jones, April 1st 1855) (Guest Post)

1855: Contoocook's Burleigh K. Jones shares news from home (and demonstrates his sense of humor) in an exciting letter to his brother Sullivan. (Drawn by guest artist Andrew Z.) ...

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: