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Colby 37: The Captain Would Always Hate Us

1862: Colby & Bacon may have escaped military discipline, but the Captain still holds a grudge ...

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Hawks 16: Praise & Pride

1862: Many of Dr. Esther's notes on the freedmen of South Carolina seem to mix equal parts observation and prejudice ...

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Colby 36: A Full Statement of the Case

1862: Freeman & Jonas finally get to plead their case regarding their dramatic escape from camp ...

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Colby 35: Day of Rest

1862: Colby's footsore "day of rest" just happens to be the bloodiest day in US military history ...

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Hawks 15: Looms Up the Grand Mansion

1862: Dr. Hawks explores the "grand mansions" & grounds of Beaufort ...

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Colby 34: Trouble in Camp

1862: Colby & Bacon may have "straggled" in a field the night before, but they're up at dawn and on the road ...

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Colby 33: Straggling Commenced

1862: Colby's regiment gets back to basics on its first hard night march ...

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Hawks 14: The Shell Road

1862: Scenic South Carolina in the midst of war ...

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Colby 32: We Plodded Doggedly On

1862: The sun goes down & the miles drag on ...

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Colby 31: Dusty Roads

1862: Troop movements along the Potomac ...

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Hawks 13: From a Military Point of View

1862: Dr. Hawks lays out some of the military realities of her surroundings ...

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Hawks 12: No One Is Punished

1862: General Saxton confronts the ruthless tide of violence against former slaves ...

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Colby 30: Night’s March!

1862: The orders go out: It's a night's march! ...

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Colby 29: Chance Meeting

Colby runs into his fiancee's older brother-in-law in camp at Arlington Heights ...

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White 01: To Make a String

1861: A recruiter for the new Sharpshooter Regiments arrives at Keene...

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Colby 28: Not Far Away

1862: While waiting in camp at Washington, Colby hears news of nearby engagements...

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Hawks 11: Every Indignity Which Human Ingenuity Could Devise

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

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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...

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Colby 27: Ellsworth & Lee

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

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Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

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

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Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

1862: Roman poets among the ruins ...

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Hawks 10: Mere Love of Destroying

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

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Colby 26: Washington

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

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Hawks 21: Family of Servants

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