May 4 and 5—Nothing.
May 6—Left here at 12 M. for Core Creek, marched nine miles and halted. Raining hard, and we got well soaked. The rain ran down our faces all night, so we did not have to wash our faces on the morning of the 7th.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
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