Sunday, May 14, 2023

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 18, 1863

Raining hard all day, and no tents. Left camp at 2 in the afternoon, marched six miles, halted at the river, and our regiment went on picket. It is still raining very hard, and we are as wet as drowned cats, and cold, too, for we cannot make a fire in front of the enemy. If we did they would have a good mark to shoot at.

SOURCE: Louis Leon, Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 48

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