May 17—Up to to-day nothing. But this morning at 4 we were ordered to cook up all our rations, and be ready to march in one hour. We left Kinston by rail at 12 M. Got to Goldsboro at 3, went through to Weldon, left here at 5 P.M., and got to Petersburg, Va., on the morning of the 18th; left there at -6 P.M. Katz and myself went uptown—ate two suppers. Had a very good time while in town. We camped all night on Dunn’s Hill.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
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