The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby Volume 2: 1863

1863: The continuing saga of a Yankee schoolteacher in the Union Army: Young Freeman Colby joined the 39th Massachusetts Regiment in search of better returns but now he just wants to survive the war and return home to his friends & family in New England! Marching deeper into the war-torn heart of Virginia he crosses paths with countless fellow survivors -- widows poets volunteer nurses refugee children ragged soldiers brave mothers striving to deliver their families from slavery... This wide-ranging graphic novel weaves together their stories with Colbys actual letters home laying bare the day-to-day human struggles that shaped one of the most consequential years in American history.