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The Civil War Diary of Freeman ColbyDrawn by Marek Bennett

Graphic Novel / 352 pagesColor Cover / B&W Interior Includes maps, reference images, &c.

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The CIVIL WAR

DIARYof

FREEMANCOLBY

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FREEMAN'S DEDICATION:

To Margaret Clement, the one woman, who, as the yearspassed, became only dearer to me as a friend, sweetheart andwife. No more loyal and helpful, yet sympathetic and lovablewoman ever lived than she. She has gone on before me buther memory is ever with me now as it was in all the long waryears and it stands now as it did then for all that is truest andbest in the world.

MAREK'S DEDICATION:

To Freeman's generation, and all their countless stories yetuntold and undrawn.

And to my students, who kept asking me, “Is it done yet?”

The CIVIL WAR DIARY of

FREEMAN COLBY

drawn by MAREK BENNETTLive Free And Draw / COMICS WORKSHOP / 2016


Published 2016 by COMICS WORKSHOPISBN#: 978-0-9824153-5-1

All artwork ©2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Marek Bennett www.MarekBennett.com

1. History : United States - Civil War3. Comics & Graphic Novels : Nonfiction2. Juvenile Nonfiction : Comics & Graphic Novels – General

All rights reserved. No portion of this book (except small portions for review or non-commercial purposes) may be reproduced in any form without written permission from theartist. Parts of this book first appeared as episodes of the webcomic “Live Free And Draw.”Part of the episode “Ball's Bluff” first appeared in “Stick Figure Civil War.”



TABLE OF CONTENTS.~ Foreword. Maps. ~

The Civil War Diary of Freeman E. Colby … 2

How Relentless … 6Woburn … 7

Retta … 8Newton … 9

We Enlisted … 10Teeth … 12

Measuring Up … 13Company K … 14

Camp Life … 15Wares … 17Leave … 18

Close to Home … 19Drilling … 21Refusal … 22

Straight to Henniker … 27Friends & Relatives … 28

Farewell … 29Getting Back … 32

Dropping Out … 34Progress … 36

Care … 39Baltimore … 42

Rumors … 44Washington … 47

In Camp … 54Fall in Line … 56

Marching … 58Full Statement … 72Return to Duty … 77

The Picket Line … 79Lookout … 81Blankets … 82

Arrival … 83Georgetown Mules … 84

As Light of It as Possible … 92Ball's Bluff … 93

Alarm … 96For Example … 97Camp Life … 101

A Regular Day's Work... … 102Details … 103

Axes … 104Team Work … 105

Target Practice … 107Camp Stories … 110

Newspapers … 112Peaches … 113

Hospitality … 115Caught at It … 116

Farmland … 120

Crops … 121Housing … 123

Short Rations … 124Another Excursion … 125

Muddy Branch … 128Marching Orders? … 129

Mail … 131Foraging … 135

Rank … 138Rain … 140

Sick-Call … 143Treatment … 144

Too Sick to Mind … 145Hospital … 151

Graybacks … 153Back to Quarters … 155

Hardihood … 157Rations … 160

The Usual Meal … 161Our Regimental Sutler … 163

Pay … 165Warmth … 167

On the March … 174Raid … 178

Offutt's Crossroads … 179Soldier's Mail … 181

Comments … 182Thanksgiving … 182

Down Sick … 183Boxes … 188Knife … 192

Unpacking … 194Tea … 197

Sage … 198Another Rebel Raid … 200

Recovery … 201Sunday … 207

Transfer … 209Hope … 213

Advocate … 217Here Is a List... … 220

Party … 222Holiday … 227

Hardtack & Coffee … 229Ice … 230

Surrounded … 232Comfort … 237

Holidays at the South … 240Christmas … 241

Neglect … 243Duty … 244

Plenty to Do … 245Tentmates … 247

Stockading … 248Sham Fight … 250

Lucky Soldier … 252Weak and Sick... … 255Newton's Story … 256

Watches … 263Mud … 271

Mules … 273So Cold … 275

Burnside … 277Bedding … 281

Sick List … 282Dreams of Home … 285

Clothing … 288Too Late … 290

Playing Off … 293Settled … 295

~ APPENDICES: Gallery of Scenes. About the Diary. Freeman Colby's War Record. Reference Images & Sources. ~

FOREWORD.I first stumbled across Freeman Colby one chilly fall afternoon in

2012. Or rather, Colby stumbled across me, when a typewritten transcriptof his diary tumbled into my hands from a dusty archive box at theHenniker Historical Society. I asked local historians and teachers about thedocument; everybody shrugged, nobody had read it. For all I knew,Colby's tale had been sitting unread in that box for the past hundred years...

From his first page, Colby comes across as a true Yankee characterwith a gripping story to tell. Drawing out that story in comics is my way oftrying to understand it. By now, I feel like I've spent a good part of the pastfew years in Maryland, 1862, right alongside Colby and "Company K"through all those long days and cold nights. I hope this book gives you asimilar sense of their world.

The words in this book are Freeman Colby's – punctuation,spelling, and all; whenever I made some small changes to suit the comicsformat, I drew a little squiggle-mark (~) under the panel. The drawings aremine, of course with the aid of many reference images (see the Appendix).And the story... Well, now it's yours. Ours. Enjoy.

~ Marek / Henniker, NH / 2016

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