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

September 9, 2012

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

September 9—Up to to-day nothing new. Our regiment was paid off to-day, we receiving one month’s wages—eleven dollars for a private, which I have the honor to be.

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