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Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

1862: Roman poets among the ruins ...

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Hawks 10: Mere Love of Destroying

1862: Dr. Hawks continues to document the depredations of Union troops occupying coastal South Carolina ...

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Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving... (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)

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Colby 26: Washington

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

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Mayflowers (B K Jones, April 25th 1858) (Guest Post)

1858: Burleigh K. Jones has some fun times planned for May Day, but life around the capital still seems unbearably dull... (Drawn by guest artist Althea Barton)

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Hawks 21: Family of Servants

1862: Dr. Esther has some help at her new home in South Carolina ...

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I am Pedling Buttons (B K Jones, March 6th 1858) (Guest Post)

1858: Be careful what you wish for! Burleigh K. Jones just can't get rid of those buttons he had his brother send him from Boston! (Drawn by guest artist Heather Mitchell) ...

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They Have Discovered a Cave! (B K Jones, April 1st 1855) (Guest Post)

1855: Contoocook's Burleigh K. Jones shares news from home (and demonstrates his sense of humor) in an exciting letter to his brother Sullivan. (Drawn by guest artist Andrew Z.) ...

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I Will Pledge Myself (Jones, June 13th 1862, #3)

1862: The Union armies stand at the gates of Richmond, and to Burleigh, the war seems all but won. He couldn't be more wrong ...

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Company B Fall in for Dinner (Jones, June 13th 1862, #2)

1862: Burleigh K. Jones takes a break from letter writing to observe dinnertime; then he continues with some ghastly details from the Fair Oaks battlefield:

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Dear Brother (Jones, June 13th 1862)

Contoocook's Burleigh K. Jones writes to his brother following the Battle of Seven Pines ...

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Hawks 9: Beautiful City

1862: Dr. Esther seems to have a weak spot for the opulent luxury of plantation culture ...

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Colby 24: Baltimore Poison

1862: Dangers of roadside rebel coffee in Baltimore ...

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Colby 23: Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

1862: The regiment receives a generous reception in Philly ...

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Colby 22: Philadelphia by Mule

1862: With the war raging next door in Maryland, the city of Philadelphia STILL insists on certain inconvenient city ordinances ...

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Hawks 8: Miserable Night

1862: Dr. Esther's party passes a difficult first night in their new quarters ...

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Colby 19: Getting Back

1862: Despite the Captain's wrath, Colby seems to really relish this memory of his escape from camp the week before ...

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Hawks 7: Home

1862: Dr. Esther & her band of missionary women arrive at their new quarters ...

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Hawks 6: Take Us in Charge

1862: Dr. Hawks' party steps onshore in occupied South Carolina ...

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Hawks 5: A Most Grateful Party

1862: Amidst tempest, terror, & rumors of a wreck, Dr. Esther's ship somehow pulls into Hilton Head ...

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Hawks 4: Unfit for Ocean Travel

1862: To South Carolina, by leaky boat full of diseased soldiers ...