Newton’s story, continued …
Category: medicine
Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge
1863: Newton writes of his road to recovery & quest for a furlough …
Colby 97: Hope
A brother’s concern about the wartime hospital system …
Colby 94: Casualties
Mounting casualties feed anti-war sentiment at the North …
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 86: Sick (Again)
1862: Newton’s troubles are far from over…
Colby 75: Bravado & Hardihood
Some of the men are “hardier” than others …
Colby 74: Scanning Our Worn Clothes
Eviction day for Colby’s corporeal guests …
Colby 73: Graybacks
1862: The sick tent has other inhabitants, besides the patients …
Colby 72: Hospital Tent
1862: Colby succumbs to medical treatment …
Colby 71: The Yallers
1862: And now we have a diagnosis!
Colby 70: Too Sick to Mind
1862: Finally, illness comes to Colby …
Colby 69: Treatment
1862: The regimental surgeon is an expert … in foiling fakers!
Colby 68: Sick Call
1862: Jonas falls first, and the men line up …
Colby 103: Bakery Nearby
1862: Colby’s on sick leave, waiting to catch a ride back up to the front …
Colby 102: Holiday
1862: Colby gets an unexpected holiday break as Christmas approaches …
Colby 44: As Light As Possible
1862: Freeman checks up on his little brother …
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 …
Hawks 11: Every Indignity Which Human Ingenuity Could Devise
1862: Even worse than property damage is the abuse of former slaves by Northern soldiers …
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…
Colby 7: Just in Case
1862: You’re in the army now.
Colby 6: A Critical Inspection of the Teeth
1862: The 39th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment has high standards for its recruits…
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 …
