Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 23, 1862

Left here this morning at 10 o'clock and got to our old camp at 4 o'clock this evening. This expedition was to strengthen Longstreet's forces near Suffolk. We got there after he was relieved and the siege of Suffolk abandoned.

SOURCE: Louis Leon, Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 12

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