Civil War – Live Free and Draw

Freeman Colby Vol. 2, Episode 1: New Year’s Day, 1863

January, 1863: Writing home while on picket duty.

Marek

8 April, 2019

39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker

Civil War, Freeman Colby, Maryland, picket, Poolesville, Potomac, slavery, virginia

May 18, 1864: Marching (by Molly)

Captured 9th NH men march farther South …

Marek

30 December, 2016

1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, Civil War, march, prisoners, virginia

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…

Marek

22 August, 2016

1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, Civil War, mud, prisoners, rain, Spottsylvania Courthouse, virginia

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #1)

1860: Burleigh’s recently back from the 1860 Republican convention in Chicago, and he can’t wait to tell his brother all about the celebrations back on the farm in Contoocook:

Marek

10 April, 2013

1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

burleigh jones, Civil War, food-temp, pie, Thanksgiving