Resumed our march at
8 this morning, got eight miles, when we got to our extreme picket posts. They
told us the Yankees were one mile and a quarter from us. Then we marched half a
mile further, when our artillery commenced the fight. It kept on all day, but
very light. We drove in their pickets and advanced our line until dark. We are
eight miles from Newbern—marched eleven miles.
SOURCE: Louis Leon, Diary of a Tar
Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 18
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