Tag: Philadelphia

• 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

  baltimore, civil war, Freeman Colby, Henniker, hospital, mail, newton colby, Parker Richardson, Philadelphia, washington

• Colby 23: Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

  

  1862: The regiment receives a generous reception in Philly …

  Marek

  26 February, 2013

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

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Philadelphia

• Colby 22: Philadelphia by Mule

  

  1862: With the war raging next door in Maryland, the city of Philadelphia STILL insists on certain inconvenient city ordinances …

  Marek

  23 February, 2013

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

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Jersey City, mules, Philadelphia