Sunday, December 10, 2023

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 4, 1864

This morning we got orders to be ready at a moment's notice. Broke camp at noon, marched to our old breastworks at Mine Run, seven miles from camp. Rested two hours, and moved forward toward the river three miles further and halted.

SOURCE: Louis Leon, Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 59-60


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