April 1—Left camp at 8 this morning to go on picket twelve miles from our camp. Our brigade went on picket at Raccoon Ford, and picketed up to Moulton’s Ford. Raining hard to-day, also on the 2d. The river is ten feet above common watermark.

Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
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