Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery — George Michael Neese.

May 30 — This morning we moved about a quarter of a mile out on the Hanover Court House road and put our guns into position, as there is plenty of game in that direction. The enemy was advancing slowly and cautiously on that road this morning, but they did not come in range of our guns. Our horseless dismounted cavalry of the corps formed a line of fight in line with our guns, and immediately commenced digging like ground hogs. To get earth for breastworks they threw up earth works all along the line on both sides of the road. To-day was the first time I ever saw cavalrymen engaged in the ditching and intrenching business, and for a while this morning they made the earth fly. We remained in position until night, then moved back couple hundred yards and camped near Hughes’ Cross Roads.