This is not the diary of a lieutenant or general; but instead that of an ordinary private. Leon Louis; at the age of nineteen; signed up to join the First North Carolina Regiment in 1861 and remained with them for six months before being mustered into the Fifty-Third North Carolina Regiment until the end of the war. He was not involved in strategic discussions or decisions but he was one of the many thousands who unquestioningly put their lives on the line for the cause of the confederacy.He reveals in stark prose the day to day drudgery of the war; from cutting down trees for the preparation of defences to creating bedding from collected leaves; which he described as ‘a bed fit for a king or a Confederate soldier.’ Louis saw conflict at number of occasions throughout the war including the Battle of the Wilderness where he was captured by the Union army. He spent the rest of the war in prison and details his life in those camps; but also gives details of the continuing action of the Fifty-Third Regiment from other sources until the end of the war. Also included in Leon’s account are details of all the men who fought in the two regiments that he served with. Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate provides an insight into the life of an ordinary soldier fighting for the South during the American Civil War. After the War Leon was actively involved in the organization “United Confederate Veterans†in which he became a major. This diary was published in 1913 and he died in 1919. There is a monument in Charlotte; North Carolina; honoring him and the twelve other Jewish Confederate soldiers who are buried in the Hebrew Cemetery.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Vedic India Once Ruled the WorldBy karam c ramrakhaFantastic.Stupendous. Mind Boggling. Stephen my son you have rendered yeoman service to Sanatan Dharma and the Vedic World . From 1966 my guru Purushottam Nagesh Oak wrote about Taj Mahal being an erstwhile Rajput Palace and how Vedic culture shines through the layers of civilization. I see how Stephen has been inspired by his work. In particular Stephen has put on the internet all the photographs of how the Taj Mahal has seven storeys; sealed areas; hidden chambers etc etc and he has brilliantly followed in the footsteps of Oak jee and his mind blowing work " Word Vedic Heritage. God bless you Stephen. But wait there is more. He details how the Mayan constructions like Macchu Picchu are fundamentally Vedic structures relying on the ancient Vedic Text of Architecture or our Shilpa Shastra.. and further he details how Chitzen Itsa is laid out in the Vedic Feng Shui or Vastu principles.. so you have three Modern Wonders of the World Taj Mahal; Macchu Picchu and Chitzen Itsa all Vedic structures.. Good on you Mr for taking the Vedic world to world wide readers.. Cam Mr Knapp contact me karamcramrakha@gmail.com..Five Stars1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Stephen has done a great job hereBy Steve DoyleStephen has done a great job here; the world needs to know the real history of civilization on this planet!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF VEDIC EXPANSION OF CULTUREBy CustomerEXCELLENT COLLECTION OF VEDIC EXPANSION OF CULTURE. VERY PAIBS TAKING; AND LOT OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO CAN READ. IT IS ONE BOOK MADE OF MANY BOOKS.
