Sunday, March 9, 2014

More space for diverse voices

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From Robert Azzi's Middle East portfolio: Homeowners decorate the walls of their homes to celebrate the successful completion of a fam...

A 6th New Hampshire gallery (part 2)

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Here are more faces of the leaders of the 6th New Hampshire Volunteers. They include Henry H. Pearson and Phin Bixby, each of whom commanded...
Friday, March 7, 2014

Hard service for 3 more years 'will make me a cripple'

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With bounties rising for new recruits in late 1863, the Union army offered big bonuses for men already in the ranks to re-enlist for three ...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

My best war story

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That's me in civvies and my field jacket during a walk along the Elbe River in 1968. I lived on a pig farm half a mile from the river...
Monday, March 3, 2014

A 6th New Hampshire gallery (part one)

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The badge of the Ninth Corps, in which the 6th New Hampshire served for most of the war. Years ago, while researching My Brave Boys...
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

'I feel as though I could not turn my back on the Army til the last gun was fired' -- John S. Smith, 6th N.H.

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As winter arrived in 1861, the 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry regiment came together at the Cheshire County Fairgrounds in Keene. On ...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Private Andrews's long road home

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The opening of George Andrews's letter to his father in New Boston, N.H. Andrews was a private in the 16th N.H. A good letter captu...