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

May 21, 2013

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

May 21—Left this morning, marched twenty-one miles, halted at 5.30. It is a very hilly country, warm and dusty.

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