This Week in 1864: "My only chance to write..."
A quick note along the road to battle.
On 28 April 1864, Freeman Colby wrote a rushed note home to his family in New Hampshire:
He’s finally been kicked out of his hospital bed, & sent on to his regiment at the front!
You can read his full note (& all the other letters featured in VOL. 3) here:
Notice how in such a rushed letter, Colby does NOT describe any details of his surroundings! I pondered how to draw this scene… (Should I leave out all setting details?) The breakthrough came when I realized Colby actually DID give us
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