Newton’s story, continued …
Tag Archives: hospital
Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge
1863: Newton writes of his road to recovery & quest for a furlough …
Colby 98: Quick Note
News from Newton!
Colby 97: Hope
A brother’s concern about the wartime hospital system …
Colby 94: Casualties
Mounting casualties feed anti-war sentiment at the North …
Colby 93: Medicine Enough
Colby’s health woes continue, but he returns to duty at last …
Colby 87: Awaiting Sunshine
The 39th MA’s casualty cases are going nowhere fast …
Colby 86: Sick (Again)
1862: Newton’s troubles are far from over…
Colby 73: Graybacks
1862: The sick tent has other inhabitants, besides the patients …
Colby 72: Hospital Tent
1862: Colby succumbs to medical treatment …
Hawks: Nursing the 54th Massachusetts (poster)
1863: Dr. Esther Hill Hawks confronts many of her own racial preconceptions when she finds herself managing the camp hospital that receives over 500 wounded men of the 54th MA following their assault on Fort Wagner…
