Thursday, May 22, 2014

Concord, N.H., May 1864: Endless war, boom times

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Note: Friday, May 23, marks the 150th anniversary of the first edition of the Concord Monitor . This is the first of a series I wrote for t...
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Monday, May 19, 2014

'Is God trying our nation, or destroying it?'

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While researching my upcoming series on the origins of the Concord Monitor , I looked again at research of five (and more) years ago on Geo...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

A war relic comes home to New Hampshire

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George S. Gove, who made lieutenant in October 1863, apparently carried his company's medical supplies. George S. Gove of Raymond, ...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Coming soon: a new newspaper for the war capital

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At the moment I am working on a series for the Concord Monitor on the 150th anniversary of the paper’s debut as the Concord Daily Monitor ...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Chancellorsville (3): In the aftermath of battle, horrors, sorrow, rumors and a march north to fight again

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Officers of the 12th New Hampshire at Chapin's Farm, Va., 1864 (from left):  Lt. Alonzo W. Jewett, Capt. Ephraim W. Ricker, Lt. Geor...
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Friday, May 9, 2014

Chancellorsville (2): 'The Johnnies were close at our heels and in advance of us on the right and the left'

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Part 1 of this series on Richard W. Musgrove of the 12th New Hampshire Volunteers at Chancellorsville is here . The regiment took more casu...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Chancellorsville (1): 'This was our first musketry engagement, and we did not know enough to retreat'

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At the age of 21, Richard W. Musgrove of Bristol, N.H., abandoned his studies at nearby Tilton Academy and joined the 12th New Hampshire Vo...