December 2—This morning at 3 we moved to the right until daylight, when our corps was again sent to the front. We advanced toward the enemy’s works. We moved, of course, very carefully, as we saw their breastworks, and in front of us two cannon. When we got in shooting range, the order was given to “Charge!” We did so with a rebel yell, and as we got upon their breastworks, lo and behold, there were no Yankees, and the cannons we saw were nothing but logs. We followed them to the river, but their whole army had crossed. We, of course, captured a great many of their sick and stragglers.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
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