Monday, August 1, 2022

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 18, 1863

Left at 9 this morning, and got to Greenville at 5 o'clock-eleven miles. This is a fine country, but hilly and hard marching. This is the end of the siege of Washington. We were there sixteen days, but could not draw the enemy out of their works.

SOURCE: Louis Leon, Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 24

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