Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett, March 31, 1864 (“——1 came back last night. He is going to resign, I am sorry to say. His wife has persuaded him. It is the weakest thing I ever saw in him. I lose faith in man’s firmness and woman’s fortitude.
1 One of his most valued officers.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_15.html
Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, March 31, 1864 (“At day-light we charge into Florence and intercept two rebels in the act of crossing the river to their command.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 31, 1864 (“No war news, though it is generally believed that Longstreet is really in the valley.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-31.html
Diary of Sarah Morgan: March, 1864 (A grieving Sarah Morgan relates the story of the death of her two brothers.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-sarah-morgan-march-1864.html
Morgan’s diary entry is heartbreaking..
Thousands of families grieved like this.
Unfortunately I can see it in the future.