Tag: arlington heights

• Colby 29: Chance Meeting

  

  Colby runs into his fiancee’s older brother-in-law in camp at Arlington Heights …

  Marek

  20 July, 2013

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

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• Colby 28: Not Far Away

  

  1862: While waiting in camp at Washington, Colby hears news of nearby engagements…

  Marek

  22 June, 2013

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

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• Colby 27: Ellsworth & Lee

  

  1862: Colby surveys his surroundings & recalls the big names that shaped history here …

  Marek

  13 May, 2013

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

  alexandria, arlington heights, elmer ellsworth, Freeman Colby, robert e. lee, washington

• Colby 26: Washington

  

  1862: Colby’s regiment finally reaches Washington, but Newton’s sick in the hospital when the work begins …

  Marek

  5 April, 2013

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

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