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, 2014

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

May 21—I heard to-day that my brother Morris was a prisoner at Fort Delaware, Pa. I asked for a parole to-day to go and see my parents in New York, but they could not see it.

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