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 …
Category Archives: 2nd NH
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:
Dear Brother (Jones, June 13th 1862)
Contoocook’s Burleigh K. Jones writes to his brother following the Battle of Seven Pines …
Dodging Shells (Fair Oaks)
The dangers of mealtime missiles at the Battle of Fair Oaks!
“I Have Seen Her Under Fire” (2nd Bull Run)
An apocalyptic vision of a NH nurse on the battlefield…
Civil War Nurse
The 2nd NH’s commanding officer recalls Nurse Dame:
Harriet Patience Dame (State House)
From a portrait at the NH State House.
“I tell you what it is, George” (First Bull Run)
From a letter by Private Charles Putnam (2nd NH Volunteers) to his brother George in Claremont…
Live Free and Draw 