Echoes of Battle: Annals of Ohio's Soldiers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Fort SandersIn volume 2 of the Echoes of Battle series, we focus on the experiences of Ohios boys in blue during the critical middle period of the war covering the period from December 1862 through the end of 1863. Union fortunes at the end of 1862 reached the nadir of the war. War weariness and discouragement at the armys continued misfortunes threatened to end the effort to save the Union. The month of December witnessed a major defeat at Fredericksburg in the