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[[Benjamin Gilbert (nonfiction)|Benjamin Gilbert]] was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War whose kept a diary and wrote letters. The diary entries are terse and heavily abbreviated. They nearly always include a comment about the weather. There is very little information about actual fighting or battles, but they do frequently describe preparing to fight and moving from place to place. They contain information not usually found in descriptions of the typical activities of continental soldiers.
—[[Benjamin Gilbert (nonfiction)|Benjamin Gilbert]], soldier (diary)


* [https://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learning-center/benjamin-gilbert/ Benjamin Gilbert] @ historyisfun.org
* [https://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learning-center/benjamin-gilbert/ Benjamin Gilbert] @ historyisfun.org
=== George Beck: January 18, 1942 ===
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Latest news, “Japs doing well”. Weather forecast “absolutely freezing, 20 below and up to the knees in snow”. The food is still terrible. Roll on when we can sit down to a good meal.
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—[[George Beck (nonfiction)|George Beck]],1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
* http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm


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* [https://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learning-center/benjamin-gilbert/ Benjamin Gilbert] @ historyisfun.org
* [https://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learning-center/benjamin-gilbert/ Benjamin Gilbert] @ historyisfun.org
* http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm


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Latest revision as of 09:45, 24 May 2020

War Diary entries for January 18

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Diaries

Benjamin Gilbert: January 18, 1779

Very Cold. I Rid Eli Horse to Town. Dr. Euestis Gave me an Order for Six Days Provision and some Physiack. I got my Provision and 1/2 lb. chocolate, 1 lb. sugar. I am Growing Worse.

—Benjamin Gilbert, soldier (diary)

George Beck: January 18, 1942

Latest news, “Japs doing well”. Weather forecast “absolutely freezing, 20 below and up to the knees in snow”. The food is still terrible. Roll on when we can sit down to a good meal.

—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)

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