Tag: civil war
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May 11, 1864: Eating and Marching (by Logan)
Wilcox has scarcely enough time to warm his dinner before being ordered into battle…
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Civil War Comics Camp
Middle school students research & draw original comics based on local Civil War era primary sources…
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May 12, 1864: Captured by Confederates! (by Zander)
Wilcox & 48 fellow officers become prisoners of war …
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May 8, 1864: Rebel Cavalry Charge (by Lee)
“Laid on our arms all night last night about a mile from the battlefield…”
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May 7, 1864: “Picket firing nearly all night” (by Aidan)
Charles Wilcox means to keep up with his journal, but he keeps getting interrupted…
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May 4-6, 1864: Leaving Bristow Station (by Lilly)
The 9th NH Volunteers advance on Confederate lines… Drawn by guest artist Lilly!
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Colby & Co. in the Woods
We couldn’t resist imagining what a woodcutting detail might have been like…
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Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge
1863: Newton writes of his road to recovery & quest for a furlough …
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Colby 114: Weak and Sick but Happy to be Home
1863: Finally, a letter arrives — brother Newton has made it back to New Hampshire!
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Colby 113: Lucky Soldier
1863: Colby receives the best birthday mail EVER from his family at New England …
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Colby 112: Sham Fight
1863: An entertaining pastime turns dangerous at the “Second Great Battle of Poolsville” …
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Colby 107: Holidays at the South
Colby observes Christmas festivities far from his native New Hampshire …