Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon

October 11, 2013

Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier By Louis Léon [53d North Carolina Regiment, infantry]

October 11—We forded Roberson River, and marched up and down hollows without singing or making any noise, so that the enemy could not see or hear Us. We heard firing on our left. We are eight miles from Culpepper Court House.

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