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.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
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