Tag: illness

• Colby 75: Bravado & Hardihood

  

  Some of the men are “hardier” than others …

  Marek

  24 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, lice

• Colby 74: Scanning Our Worn Clothes

  

  Eviction day for Colby’s corporeal guests …

  Marek

  23 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, lice

• Colby 73: Graybacks

  

  1862: The sick tent has other inhabitants, besides the patients …

  Marek

  20 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, hospital, illness, lice, medicine

• Colby 72: Hospital Tent

  

  1862: Colby succumbs to medical treatment …

  Marek

  18 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  blankets, cedar, civil war, hospital, illness, jaundice, medicine

• Colby 71: The Yallers

  

  1862: And now we have a diagnosis!

  Marek

  16 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, jaundice, medicine, quinine, salt

• Colby 70: Too Sick to Mind

  

  1862: Finally, illness comes to Colby …

  Marek

  14 April, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  castor oil, civil war, Freeman Colby, illness, John I. Richardson, medicine, quinine

• Colby 69: Treatment

  

  1862: The regimental surgeon is an expert … in foiling fakers!

  Marek

  12 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  calomel, castor oil, civil war, illness, medicine, salt

• Colby 68: Sick Call

  

  1862: Jonas falls first, and the men line up …

  Marek

  10 March, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, illness, jaundice, jonas bacon

• John Stark’s Last Orders

  

  By 1809, the general is far too old and sick to travel…

  Marek

  9 October, 2012

  “Live Free or Die”, 1800s, Derryfield, John Stark, Molly Stark, revolutionary era, SOURCE=NH.gov

  age, bennington, Derryfield, illness, John Stark, live free or die, military, travel

• Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)

  

  Henry Stevens finally joins the 18th NH volunteers, but he never makes it into battle… SOURCE: HSCC Monadnock Moment No. 029: Stoddard’s Unknown Soldier Originally published in Monadnock History Comics (Keene Sentinel, 2005) Discussion questions:  This episode mentions the names of several historical figures. Which names do you recognize? Why are they famous? Abraham Lincoln William Tecumseh Sherman…

  Marek

  8 August, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, death, graves & memorials, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, Stoddard

  casualties, civil war, doctors, grave, illness, medicine, soldiers, stoddard, unknown soldier