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FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3 (1864): Archive Page

Jan 1, 2020

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The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 3
by Marek Bennett / ©2023 Comics Workshop
ON SALE DATE = 25 Jan. 2023

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The CIVIL WAR DIARY of FREEMAN COLBY
VOLUME 3: January-May, 1864

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  • FOREWORD.
  • Selected Characters.
  • Map of Environs, 1864.


Mitchell's Station, Virginia / January 1864 (p.1)

JONAS BACON  
[SOURCE = Roe's 39th R.M.V. (p.137+)]

Freeman Colby's childhood friend Jonas is on active duty with the 39th Mass. along the Rapidan River, enduring another winter in camp, & looking ahead to the Spring campaign...

JIM HEISKELL:

Jim Heiskell's story actually takes place in Knoxville, TN -- but he's depicted here in Virginia.

Washington DC / January-February 1864 (p.42)

SARAH LOW:

A young nurse from Dover, NH, Sarah Low writes detailed letters about the ravages of war & how the capital city is changing around her...

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FREEMAN COLBY:
[Source Letters (January-May 1864)]

At the dawn of 1864, Colby finds himself to teaching (& learning) while recuperating in D.C.  Soon enough, though, he'll be called back to active duty, and the adventure of his life in Grant's "Overland Campaign"...

ALEC TURNER:

Longtime readers will recognize Alec Turner from our book, Turner Family Stories.

Mitchell's Station / February 1864 (p.98)

JONAS BACON:

DC & Virginia / February 1864 (p.115)

SARAH LOW:

Alexandria / March 1864 (p.156)

HARRIET JACOBS:

Harriet Jacobs is an author, organizer, & teacher working with the Freedmen's Village at Alexandria to build cabins & form a Free School for refugee families.

Washington DC / March-April 1864 (p.173)

SARAH LOW:

FREEMAN COLBY:

SARAH LOW:

Virginia / April 1864 (p.220)

FREEMAN COLBY:

The Wilderness / 5-7 May 1864 (p.220+)

LIVE DRAW: Winslow Homer's "Skirmish in the Wilderness"


Spottsylvania Court House / 8-12 May 1864 (p.356)


Ends / 13-14 May 1864 (p.437)



EPILOGUE / 15 May 1864 (p.455)

U.S.C.T. in Battle: Weaving Sources
U.S.C.T. in DC: "Ghosts in the Street... (April 1864)"


AFTERWORD.

APPENDICES:

  • About the Source Texts.
  • Notes on Specific Pages & Sections.
  • Visual Sources.

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HOW TOs & other FREEMAN COLBY Demos:

WALT WHITMAN: Poet at the Front

SOURCES: [Memoranda During the War (1875-76)] [Drum-taps (1865)]

Whitman spends early 1864 traveling near the front lines in Virginia, recording personal impressions & vital details in his notebook.  By summer, he'll be back at work in the D.C. hospitals, but tough conditions push him closer to his mental breaking point...
UPDATE (SEPT. 2022): I drew a bunch of pages from Whitman's notes & letters, but unfortunately they just aren't fitting into the narrative for Vol. 3.  Maybe we can do a supplemental mini-comic with them, in between books?  I think Whitman has more to share in Vol. 4... Stay 'tooned!



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