May 4—This morning we got orders to be ready at a moment’s notice. Broke camp at noon, marched to our old breastworks at Mine Run, seven miles from camp. Rested two hours, and moved forward toward the river three miles further and halted.

Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
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