Tag: Poolsville

• Colby 113: Lucky Soldier

  

  1863: Colby receives the best birthday mail EVER from his family at New England …

  Marek

  7 May, 2015

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

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Henniker, leona piper, Margaret Clement, Poolsville, robert harriman

• Colby 112: Sham Fight

  

  1863: An entertaining pastime turns dangerous at the “Second Great Battle of Poolsville” …

  Marek

  15 March, 2015

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

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Poolsville, sham fight

• Colby 108: Place of Honor

  

  More maneuvers along the Potomac …

  Marek

  5 February, 2015

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

  civil war, Edward’s Ferry, Freeman Colby, Poolsville, Potomac, Siegel

• Colby 105: Surrounded at Prayer

  

  Evidence of a cavalry raid at Poolesville …

  Marek

  22 January, 2015

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

  cavalry, civil war, deserters, Freeman Colby, J. E. B. Stuart, Maryland, Poolsville, Potomac