An overview of major events from Wilcox’s diary & letters…
Tag: civil war
May 11, 1864: Eating and Marching (by Logan)
Wilcox has scarcely enough time to warm his dinner before being ordered into battle…
Civil War Comics Camp
Middle school students research & draw original comics based on local Civil War era primary sources…
August 5, 1862: Wilcox Enlists (by Abby)
Charles Wilcox makes his fateful decision …
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!
Colby & Bacon on a Night March
The officers, no doubt, feel a certain urgency …
Colby & Co. in the Woods
We couldn’t resist imagining what a woodcutting detail might have been like…
Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge
1863: Newton writes of his road to recovery & quest for a furlough …
Colby 114: Weak and Sick but Happy to be Home
1863: Finally, a letter arrives — brother Newton has made it back to New Hampshire!
Colby 113: Lucky Soldier
1863: Colby receives the best birthday mail EVER from his family at New England …
Colby 112: Sham Fight
1863: An entertaining pastime turns dangerous at the “Second Great Battle of Poolsville” …
Colby 111: Stockading
The boys make good use of the warm winter weather …
Colby 110: Tentmates
Some blanket teamwork keeps the boys warm…
Colby 109: Duty
The regiment’s responsibilities:
Colby 108: Place of Honor
More maneuvers along the Potomac …
Colby 107: Holidays at the South
Colby observes Christmas festivities far from his native New Hampshire …
Colby 106: Reassurances
Colby writes to tell his family it’s not all that bad …
Colby 105: Surrounded at Prayer
Evidence of a cavalry raid at Poolesville …
Colby 101: We Had Objections
Do officers have special party privileges? …
