[Homer_J_Simpson]

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, February 16, 1863 (The failings of Adm. DuPont.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-february_12.html

Brigadier-General James A. Garfield to Burke A. Hinsdale, February 16, 1863 (On Gen. Burnside.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/brigadier-general-james-garfield-to.html

Dr. Seth Rogers to his daughter Dolly, February 16, 1863 (“Brig. Gen. Stephenson [is] under arrest and to be sent to Washington for asserting that he would rather the Union cause should be lost than be saved by black soldiers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/01/dr-seth-rogers-to-his-daughter-dolly_2.html

Captain Robert Gould Shaw to Francis G. Shaw, February 16, 1863 (“We go into camp at Readville. We have a great deal of work before us. The pay is thirteen dollars per month, the same as white soldiers receive.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/captain-robert-gould-shaw-to-francis-g.html

John M. Forbes to Congressman Charles B. Sedgwick, February 16, 1863 (“I am busy, besides the Second Cavalry, in raising a negro regiment”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/john-m-forbes-to-congressman-charles-b.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 16, 1863 (“Gen. Lee is now sending troops to Charleston, and this strengthens the report that Hooker’s army is leaving the Rappahannock.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_17.html

[rxh4n1]

John Beauchamp Jones taking heart from the struggles of Frederick. I vaguely remember someone else doing something similar at the last ditch.