Wednesday, 31st—The great day of battle commenced at daylight and raged heavily all along the line until 3 o’clock. Yanks drove back four miles. Our Boys took in prisoners by the hundreds. Captured twelve cannon and during the day about 2000 prisoners, 160 odd beeves, some wagons, etc.
Ephraim Shelby Dodd
Previous post: Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
Next post: An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
