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Colby at Muddy Branch

Somehow, Colby has to get a pail of drinking water out of Muddy Branch Creek ...

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Colby 106: Reassurances

Colby writes to tell his family it's not all that bad ...

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Colby 105: Surrounded at Prayer

Evidence of a cavalry raid at Poolesville ...

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Colby 93: Medicine Enough

Colby's health woes continue, but he returns to duty at last ...

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Colby 92: Another Rebel Raid

Even in winter quarters, the 39th Mass. Volunteers can't quite relax ...

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Colby 61: Mail

1862: News and views from the old NH home ...

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Colby 58: Skirmish

1862: A harrowing day of marching, waiting, marching, & wondering...

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Colby 57: Rations

1862: Col. Stearns secures more (if not better) victuals:

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Colby 56: Caught At It

1862: Newton tries his hand at peach orchard thievery:

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Colby 55: Hospitality

1862: Union boys aren't supposed to take anything from the southron farms they pass...

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Colby 54: Peaches

1862: An intriguing meditation on property, slavery, and justice by our Northern narrator:

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Colby 103: Bakery Nearby

1862: Colby's on sick leave, waiting to catch a ride back up to the front ...

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Colby 102: Holiday

1862: Colby gets an unexpected holiday break as Christmas approaches ...

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Colby 53: Newspapers

1862: Colby finds an unquenchable thirst for reading material in camp ...

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Colby 51: Fair Shot

1862: Maybe this is why the picket guards were such poor shots? ...

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Colby 50: Teamwork

1862: With a little teamwork and vigilance, a squad of Union soldiers can accomplish an astonishing amount of... card-playing?!

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Colby 48: Camp Schedule

1862: Daily routine in a union camp along the Potomac lines ...

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Colby 47: “None of us were any too well pleased”

1862: Camp life is definitely a step down from picket duty ...