Tuesday, August 18, 2015

4. Winter of '62: ‘it takes but little to make us comfortable’

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[Previous chapter] In the age of modern conveniences “winter quarters” sounds like a peaceful rest with little toil or danger. Although n...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

3. I should like to go to Charleston and drive out the rebels

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The winter hut of the 5th New Hampshire's lieutenant colonel, Samuel Langley, at Camp California (James Larkin photo)  [Previous ch...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

2. Making camp in Maryland, and a first march

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Lithograph of Camp Casey shows the tents of the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers and the 5th New Hampshire Volunteers. [Previous chapter is ...
Saturday, August 8, 2015

1. A story in two voices begins on 'one of the lovliest mornings that ever dawned upon New England Shores'

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Neither Cutler Edson nor Eldad Rhodes lasted a year and a half with the 5th New Hampshire Volunteers, but they were among the regiment’s be...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

New project and the 300 club

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A group of 4th New Hampshire veterans at a reunion at the Weirs on Lake Winnipesaukee I have begun work on a string of blogposts from t...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

What was Thomas Hardy like? Two post-WWI sketches

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The poet Robert Graves introduced T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) to Thomas Hardy. From a nearby Tank Corps camp, Lawrence visited Hardy...
Sunday, July 5, 2015

Armed with horn and drums, a father and sons go to war

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Nathan W. Gove Music filled the air as the 3rd New Hampshire Volunteers marched to the train station in Concord. The regimental band “w...