Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 12, 1863

We have had orders several times for the last six days to march, and a part of our brigade has had a fight. But this morning we took up our march at 5 o'clock. I saw Gen. D. H. Hill on the road and spoke to him, as well as his adjutant. They are friends from home and comrades of our first North Carolina regiment. We marched twenty miles and halted for the night—laid in line of battle all night with arms by our side.

SOURCE: Louis Leon, Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 18

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