Category: 2nd NH

• 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 …

  Marek

  22 March, 2013

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War Letters & Diaries, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

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• 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:

  Marek

  20 March, 2013

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War Letters & Diaries, graves & memorials, horses, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

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• Dear Brother (Jones, June 13th 1862)

  

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

  Marek

  18 March, 2013

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War, Contoocook Village, Hopkinton, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

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• Dodging Shells (Fair Oaks)

  

  The dangers of mealtime missiles at the Battle of Fair Oaks!

  Marek

  10 November, 2012

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War, Harriet Patience Dame, medicine

• “I Have Seen Her Under Fire” (2nd Bull Run)

  

  An apocalyptic vision of a NH nurse on the battlefield…

  Marek

  9 November, 2012

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War, Harriet Patience Dame

• Civil War Nurse

  

  The 2nd NH’s commanding officer recalls Nurse Dame:

  Marek

  7 November, 2012

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War, Harriet Patience Dame, medicine

• Harriet Patience Dame (State House)

  

  From a portrait at the NH State House.

  Marek

  5 November, 2012

  1800-1899, 2nd NH, Civil War, Concord, Harriet Patience Dame, medicine, NH people, NH State House, North Barnstead, portraits, SOURCE=NH.gov

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• “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…

  Marek

  16 September, 2012

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War, SOURCE=Pride & al

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