Category: series

• Freeman Colby Vol. 2, Episode 1: New Year’s Day, 1863

  

  January, 1863: Writing home while on picket duty.

  Marek

  8 April, 2019

  39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker

  Civil War, Freeman Colby, Maryland, picket, Poolesville, Potomac, slavery, virginia

• Historical New Hampshire Vol. 71 No. 1

  

  Featuring “Drawing Freeman Colby,” an 18-page full-color article about the “Live Free & Draw” comics creation process.

  Marek

  6 July, 2018

  books, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, news

  arts education, education, Freeman Colby, NH Historical Society, primary sources

• May 18, 1864: Marching (by Molly)

  

  Captured 9th NH men march farther South …

  Marek

  30 December, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, Civil War, march, prisoners, virginia

• Wilcox Timeline (by Jess & Molly)

  

  An overview of major events from Wilcox’s diary & letters…

  Marek

  7 September, 2016

  1800-1899, 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist, Keene, series, SOURCE=HSCC

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war

• May 11, 1864: Eating and Marching (by Logan)

  

  Wilcox has scarcely enough time to warm his dinner before being ordered into battle…

  Marek

  7 September, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, prisoners, Spottsylvania Courthouse, virginia

• August 5, 1862: Wilcox Enlists (by Abby)

  

  Charles Wilcox makes his fateful decision …

  Marek

  24 August, 2016

  Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist, Keene

  9th NH, Arthur Sprague, Babbit, Central Square, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, Keene

• May 13, 1864: ‘We lay down on the grass to rest’ (by Sammy)

  

  Wilcox & Co. do their best to survive as prisoners backstage at one of the war’s major battles… Drawn by guest artist Sammy during COMICS CAMP at the Historical Society of Cheshire County: from the Civil War Diary of Charles W. Wilcox |< << 13-14 May 1864 >> SOURCES: Sammy draws from Wilcox’s diary entries for 13-14 May: … & from the…

  Marek

  22 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, Civil War, mud, prisoners, rain, Spottsylvania Courthouse, virginia

• May 12, 1864: Overcoat (by Keegan)

  

  Wilcox must make an unfair trade with a Confederate surgeon…

  Marek

  16 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, blanket, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, coat, prisoners, rubber, virginia

• May 12, 1864: Captured by Confederates! (by Zander)

  

  Wilcox & 48 fellow officers become prisoners of war …

  Marek

  11 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, prisoners, virginia

• May 8, 1864: Rebel Cavalry Charge (by Lee)

  

  “Laid on our arms all night last night about a mile from the battlefield…”

  Marek

  11 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, cavalry, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, George Root, music, virginia

• May 7, 1864: “Picket firing nearly all night” (by Aidan)

  

  Charles Wilcox means to keep up with his journal, but he keeps getting interrupted…

  Marek

  11 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, pickets, virginia

• May 6, 1864: “Marched to Mine Run” (by Aidan)

  

  Charles Wilcox and the 9th NH march southwards…

  Marek

  7 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, march, Mine Run, virginia

• May 4-6, 1864: Leaving Bristow Station (by Lilly)

  

  The 9th NH Volunteers advance on Confederate lines… Drawn by guest artist Lilly!

  Marek

  5 August, 2016

  Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Bristow Station, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, virginia

• “Almost an Accident”

  

  Unsafe cannonades almost end in tragedy for guests at the Profile House…

  Marek

  4 July, 2016

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  cannon, Echo Lake, explosion, Franconia Notch, horse, profile house, white mountains, William B. Swett

• NH Constitution Article 10: Right of Revolution.

  

  “The people MAY and of right OUGHT TO…”

  Marek

  22 June, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, corruption, nh, revolution, state

• NH Constitution Article 9: No Hereditary Office or Place

  

  Free elections, not family dynasties!

  Marek

  20 June, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, nh, state

• NH Constitution Article 8: Accountability of Magistrates & Officers; Public’s Right to Know.

  

  Open, accessible government, for the people…

  Marek

  18 June, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  accountability, constitution, nh, public, state

• NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.

  

  State’s rights, reserved for the people of NH…

  Marek

  16 June, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, nh, rights, state

• Pitch Pine

  

  Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe … << BEFORE: Candles from hogs …

  Marek

  24 March, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, farms, forestry, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

  amputation, Asa Hutchinson, Ben Hutchinson, candles, John Hutchinson, pine

• NH Constitution Article 6: Morality and Piety.

  

  This one explains why public schools and other state institutions don’t celebrate any one religion’s holidays

  Marek

  17 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, morality, nh, religion, rights

• NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.

  

  A logical extension of freedom of conscience.

  Marek

  14 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, god, nh, religion, rights, state government

• NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

  

  Some rights you just can’t give away.

  Marek

  13 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  conscience, constitution, nh, rights, state government

• NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

  

  Balancing NATURAL RIGHTS with the compromises and exchanges of SOCIETY…

  Marek

  9 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, feature, nh, rights, society, state government

• Colby 116: Patient Patient

  

  Newton’s story, continued …

  Marek

  8 March, 2016

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  Henniker, hospital, newton colby, Parker Richardson, Thompson, washington