September 23–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.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier By Louis Léon
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