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8 March, 20168 March, 2016 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 116: Patient Patient

Newton's story, continued ...

9 June, 20158 March, 2016 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge

1863: Newton writes of his road to recovery & quest for a furlough ...

20 December, 201421 December, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 97: Hope

A brother's concern about the wartime hospital system ...

13 December, 201418 December, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 94: Casualties

Mounting casualties feed anti-war sentiment at the North ...

11 December, 201413 December, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, bread, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

Colby 93: Medicine Enough

Colby's health woes continue, but he returns to duty at last ...

6 November, 201410 November, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

Colby 87: Awaiting Sunshine

The 39th MA's casualty cases are going nowhere fast ...

26 October, 20146 November, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 86: Sick (Again)

1862: Newton's troubles are far from over...

24 April, 201426 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 75: Bravado & Hardihood

Some of the men are "hardier" than others ...

23 April, 201424 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 74: Scanning Our Worn Clothes

Eviction day for Colby's corporeal guests ...

20 April, 201423 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 73: Graybacks

1862: The sick tent has other inhabitants, besides the patients ...

18 April, 201423 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 72: Hospital Tent

1862: Colby succumbs to medical treatment ...

16 April, 201420 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 71: The Yallers

1862: And now we have a diagnosis!

14 April, 201416 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 70: Too Sick to Mind

1862: Finally, illness comes to Colby ...

12 March, 201420 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 69: Treatment

1862: The regimental surgeon is an expert ... in foiling fakers!

10 March, 201420 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 68: Sick Call

1862: Jonas falls first, and the men line up ...

21 December, 201321 January, 2015 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, hardtack, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 103: Bakery Nearby

1862: Colby's on sick leave, waiting to catch a ride back up to the front ...

20 December, 201321 January, 2015 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, firewood, forestry, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 102: Holiday

1862: Colby gets an unexpected holiday break as Christmas approaches ...

17 November, 201327 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 44: As Light As Possible

1862: Freeman checks up on his little brother ...

25 July, 20135 November, 2013 Marek 1830s, education, medicine, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

JUNE 1835: Larkin Weed to Phebe Weed (New Hampton, NH)

1835: Larkin Weed writes home to his sister Phebe at Sandwich, describing his experiences in a single day of classes ...

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...

27 December, 201218 December, 2022 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, Massachusetts, medicine, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 7: Just in Case

1862: You're in the army now.

24 December, 201226 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, dentistry, food, Henniker, Massachusetts, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 6: A Critical Inspection of the Teeth

1862: The 39th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment has high standards for its recruits…

17 November, 20125 February, 2017 Marek 1600s, animals, bear, berries, deer, dogs, encounter & exploration, fish, forestry, fox, herbs, hunting, Journal of Martin Pring, medicine, porcupine, seacoast

Pring 12 ~ As The Land is Full

Wherein we can perhaps glimpse the little gold “crownes” in Pring’s eyes as he ogles the natives’ pelts …