Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 1, 1862

Arrived at Weldon, North Carolina, at 7 o'clock. We set up our tents at Gerresburg, a short march from Weldon. Our company is close to the railroad track. We collected broom straw and made a bed of down of it.

SOURCE: Louis Leon, Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 5-6