Tag: newton colby

• Colby 116: Patient Patient

  

  Newton’s story, continued …

  Marek

  8 March, 2016

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

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• Colby & Co. in the Woods

  

  We couldn’t resist imagining what a woodcutting detail might have been like…

  Marek

  23 July, 2015

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history

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• Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge

  

  1863: Newton writes of his road to recovery & quest for a furlough …

  Marek

  9 June, 2015

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

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• Colby 99: “Parker Richardson is in camp”

  

  A well-connected visitor passes through …

  Marek

  15 January, 2015

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

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• Colby 98: Quick Note

  

  News from Newton!

  Marek

  21 December, 2014

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

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• Colby 97: Hope

  

  A brother’s concern about the wartime hospital system …

  Marek

  20 December, 2014

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

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• Colby 96: Newton’s Transfer

  

  Newton finally ships out on a barge bound for Washington …

  Marek

  19 December, 2014

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• Colby 90: Unpacking

  

  1862: Now that the holiday boxes have finally arrived, the boys choose to look on the bright side…

  Marek

  5 December, 2014

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• Colby 87: Awaiting Sunshine

  

  The 39th MA’s casualty cases are going nowhere fast …

  Marek

  6 November, 2014

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• Colby 86: Sick (Again)

  

  1862: Newton’s troubles are far from over…

  Marek

  26 October, 2014

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• Colby 85: Mail

  

  Postal privileges & caustic comments from the camp of the 39th MA:

  Marek

  10 July, 2014

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• Colby 82: On the March (Again)

  

  Can’t you just hear Captain Richardson’s teeth grinding in rage? …

  Marek

  22 May, 2014

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

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• Colby 81: Camp Desolation

  

  The regiment prepares for Winter Quarters …

  Marek

  20 May, 2014

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• Colby 79: Warmth

  

  1862: Cotton just isn’t warm enough for the southern Winter …

  Marek

  8 May, 2014

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• Colby 56: Caught At It

  

  1862: Newton tries his hand at peach orchard thievery:

  Marek

  8 January, 2014

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• Colby 44: As Light As Possible

  

  1862: Freeman checks up on his little brother …

  Marek

  17 November, 2013

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• Colby 43: Newton Takes Charge

  

  1862: Newton takes charge …

  Marek

  12 November, 2013

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• Colby 42: A Hundred Feet of Rope

  

  1862: As far as Newton is concerned, the longer the rope, the bigger the tangle …

  Marek

  10 November, 2013

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

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• Colby 41: Newton & the Georgetown Mules

  

  1862: Freeman’s hapless brother Newton Colby seems to have a knack for getting himself into trouble …

  Marek

  7 November, 2013

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• Colby 8: Company K

  

  1862: Three NH lads muster with the Woburn men…

  Marek

  31 December, 2012

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, Massachusetts, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

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• Colby 5: We Enlisted

  

  1862: The Colby brothers sign up with a Massachusetts regiment…

  Marek

  22 December, 2012

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

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• Colby 4: Newton, My Brother

  

  1862: Freeman Colby’s little brother can’t wait to go to war!

  Marek

  21 December, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS

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