...y: Very cold; plenty of snow. Men suffering; cold outdoors, ice indoors in my room. Sumner's headquarters were at the Lacy House, while the Second Corps lay back of the brow of the hill behind Falmouth . On the night of the 9th, two nights before the crossing, Sumner called a council to discuss what we were to do, the corps, division, and brigade commanders being present. The result was a plai...