53 drawings made between February 1862 and August 1864 in a small sketch pad that Colby was carrying with him. The sketches depict Burnside's expedition to North Carolina (January - July 1862); St. Helena Island and Seabrook Island; the assault and siege of Fort Wagner (July 1863), St. Augustine, Fla. (September 1863 - February 1864), and two failed 1864 attempts to capture Richmond -- Benjamin F. Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign and Winfield Scott Hancock's Deep Bottom campaign. The drawing made in 1862 include images of the pilot station at Pamlico, N.C; the regimental headquarters, a picket near New Berne; the side-wheel gunboat Louisiana, a ship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and the rear of the camp of the 44th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. The 24th defeated the Confederate regiment at the battle of Tranter's Creek (June 5, 1862); a picture of the battle that Colby reconstructed in 1864 is also included in the book. The 1863 sketches contain various views of the camp, including the hospital, the suttler's tent, a picket post, the quartermaster's office, and the interior of Colby's own tent. Also included is a sketch of an African-American family in their home: the mother washing clothes, the father plucking a goose, and a little baby peeking out of the large bed in the corner. A group of drawings follow the events of the battle of Morris Island with pictures of the landing place on Folly Island, "the monster 300 pounder Parrott Gun" that had been delivered for the siege of Fort Wagner, the Union batteries in front of the fortifications, "our Shaprshooters before Wagner" and the "Bombardment of Fr. Wagner, by the Iron Clad." The Florida drawings, made in December 1863, includes views of St. Augustine, Fla. including Fort Marion, four outposts and picket posts, the regimental "Olympic" theater, and the USS transport General Burnside that was wrecked crossing the St. Johns River. The sketched made in 1864 are views of the picket posts at Bermuda Hundred, Va., Union fortifications, pontoon bridges at Deep Bottom Bluff, Va., a few camp scenes and a scene entitled "My toilet in the James River. July 1, 1864. All on a Washing day" featured the artist, knee-high in water, holding up his patched pants, with other articles of clothing hung to dry on the brances of a free severely damaged by the artillerty fire, and a Union gunboat in the background.
