October 9—Left camp at 4 this evening and halted on the morning of the 10th at 1 o’clock, when we caught up with our brigade. Marched twelve miles on very muddy road, and fell into several holes. We left again very, early this morning and marched twenty miles. We waded the Rapidan to-day at Liberty Mills.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier By Louis Léon [53d North Carolina Regiment, infantry]
October 2—Relieved to-day. Very wet and disagreeable weather. Nothing new up to the 9th.
October 1—Went on picket at 4 this afternoon, and was roused up in the night to intercept a spy who is in our lines, and is expecting to cross, but we did not see him, for it was so dark we could see nothing.
September 30—We are shooting at the Yankees to-day for fun, as they are trying to steal sheep from the houses that are between our lines.
September 29—All quiet to-day. Brother Morris returned from Richmond yesterday, where he has been for ten days on a furlough. Before our Jewish New Year there was an order read out from General Lee granting a furlough to each Israelite to go to Richmond for the holidays if he so desired. I did not care to go.
September 28—Our regiment is on picket; will be relieved to-morrow.
September 27—The Yankees are very active today. Something is up.
September 26—We have built ourselves cabins in our camps. This evening we went on picket.
September 23—Day of Atonement to-day. Nothing more up to the 26th.
September 22—I spoke and exchanged papers with a Yankee of the 7th Ohio Regiment.