Drawn from Thomas Cole’s diary.
Category: weather
“All About the Snowmobile” by Juan (GUEST POST)
Nashua 4th grade guest artist Juan draws the history of his favorite mode of transportation for the NH winter:
Colby 100: Warm Weather
Enjoy it while it lasts, and send home for treats!
Colby 93: Medicine Enough
Colby’s health woes continue, but he returns to duty at last …
Colby 87: Awaiting Sunshine
The 39th MA’s casualty cases are going nowhere fast …
Colby 84: Offutt’s Crossroads
Colby enjoys the lovely fall weather … for a little while.
Colby 81: Camp Desolation
The regiment prepares for Winter Quarters …
Colby 80: Stoves
Finally, a fire in the tent! …
Colby 79: Warmth
1862: Cotton just isn’t warm enough for the southern Winter …
Colby 67: Water
1862: Water problems in camp …
Colby 66: Rain
1862: The weather turns muddy …
Swett 10: Snow-balling in June
1865: The restorative powers of the White Mountains during the closing months of the Civil War…
Colby 21: The Wait
1862: Colby’s long slow journey to the front continues …
Colby 20: On Parade
1862: Discipline stretches in the hot noonday sun …
Hawks 5: A Most Grateful Party
1862: Amidst tempest, terror, & rumors of a wreck, Dr. Esther’s ship somehow pulls into Hilton Head …
Hawks 4: Unfit for Ocean Travel
1862: To South Carolina, by leaky boat full of diseased soldiers …
Swett 5: Spring Blizzard
1865: A late-spring snow storm surprises Swett in his seat on the roof of the stage…
Swett 2: Concord Train Station
1865: In which we meet a colorful local character…
Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)
One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare…
Cold Friday (Henniker, 1810)
A severe cold snap means opportunity for this punctual young lady…
We Go Without Mittens Very Well (Rogers, Nov. 20 1862, #2)
Rogers recounts recent experiences & dispenses domestic advice for the home front …
Revolutionary Soldier from Dublin
Mr. Belknap at war …
Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 3)
Dorothy’s account of the Hurricane of ’38 continues, with some rather surprising twists…
Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 2)
More bloodcurdling details from the ’38 Hurricane:
