Charles W. Wilcox enlisted in the 9th NH Volunteer Regiment.  During his service in the Union army, he kept a diary of his experiences, including details of combat at the Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse, and his capture and imprisonment in the Confederacy in the closing year of the war.

For more details on this project, see our post:
CIVIL WAR COMICS CAMP >>

This project is part of the Citizen Archivist Initiative at the Historical Society of Cheshire County (NH).

SOURCES:

• You can read Wilcox’s original 1864 diary at Keene.edu >>
• Also see Lord’s History of the Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion (1856) @ archive.org >>

Read the comics:

May 18, 1864: Marching (by Molly)

Captured 9th NH men march farther South …

Wilcox Timeline (by Jess & Molly)

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

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

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

August 5, 1862: Wilcox Enlists (by Abby)

Charles Wilcox makes his fateful decision …

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…

May 12, 1864: Overcoat (by Keegan)

Wilcox must make an unfair trade with a Confederate surgeon…

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

Wilcox & 48 fellow officers become prisoners of war …

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

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

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

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

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

Charles Wilcox and the 9th NH march southwards…

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

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

• May 4-6, 1864: Leaving Bristow Station (by Lilly)
• May 6, 1864: “Marched to Mine Run” (by Aidan)
• May 7, 1864: “Picket firing nearly all night” (by Aidan)
• May 8, 1864: Rebel Cavalry Charge (by Lee)
• May 12, 1864: Captured by Confederates! (by Zander)
• May 12, 1864: Overcoat (by Keegan)
• May 13, 1864: ‘We lay down on the grass to rest’ (by Sammy)
• August 5, 1862: Wilcox Enlists (by Abby)
• May 11, 1864: Eating and Marching (by Logan)
• Wilcox Timeline (by Jess & Molly)

~ MORE TO COME! ~