August 30—Left at 5 in the morning. We hunted through the cliffs for several hours and caught one deserter. Several of our men and myself dined in a widow lady’s house. There were quite a number of ladies there, and we had a very pleasant time. Then we went to Mr. Bell’s and had supper there. From there we went to Mr. Wheeler’s and stayed all night.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
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