War Diaries (April 25) (nonfiction)
War Diary quotations for April 25
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Louis Leon: April 25, 1861
I belong to the Charlotte Grays, Company C, First North Carolina Regiment. We left home for Raleigh. Our company is commanded by Capt. Egbert Ross. We are all boys between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one. We offered our services to Governor Ellis, but were afraid he would not take us, as we are so young; but before we were called out our company was ordered to go to the United States Mint in our town and take same. We marched down to it, and it was surrendered to us. We guarded it several days, when we were ordered to Raleigh, and left on the above date.
- Diary of Louis Leon - Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate - private, 1st and later 53rd North Carolina Infantry; Jewish Confederate soldier from Charlotte
Duane Nelson: April 25, 1944
We are still out at the firing range. I wrote 2 letters while I was waiting to fire rapid fire. We finished at noon and went swimming and one fellow drowned.
- Excerpts from Nelson’s WWII diaries @ spokesman.com - Duane “Swede” Nelson served in the Marines from 1943 to February 1946, and he participated in some of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater. He kept three small diaries documenting his experiences.
