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Extream Cold. I took a Portion of Physiack which worried me Very much. In the after noon it snowd. I grow Worse Very fast.
Extream Cold. I took a Portion of Physiack which worried me Very much. In the after noon it snowd. I grow Worse Very fast.
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—[[Benjamin Gilbert (nonfiction)|Benjamin Gilbert]], soldier (diary)


The reports of illness disappear from Gilbert's diary by the middle of March 1779.
The reports of illness disappear from Gilbert's diary by the middle of March 1779.


[[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.
* [https://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learning-center/benjamin-gilbert/ Benjamin Gilbert] @ historyisfun.org
 
=== George Beck: January 19, 1943 ===
 
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Today our guard, Otto Hauet left us, he has been with us since June 03, best German I’ve ever met and him and his wife did a lot for us. Latest news “our eighth army has been repulsed in their attacks. Russia still pushing forward and doing well. Ill in bed since yesterday.
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* [https://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learning-center/benjamin-gilbert/ Benjamin Gilbert] @ historyisfun.org
—[[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


== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[George Beck (nonfiction)]]
* [[Benjamin Gilbert (nonfiction)]]
* [[Benjamin Gilbert (nonfiction)]]
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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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War Diary entries for January 19

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Diaries

Benjamin Gilbert: January 19, 1779

Extream Cold. I took a Portion of Physiack which worried me Very much. In the after noon it snowd. I grow Worse Very fast.

Benjamin Gilbert, soldier (diary)

The reports of illness disappear from Gilbert's diary by the middle of March 1779.

George Beck: January 19, 1943

Today our guard, Otto Hauet left us, he has been with us since June 03, best German I’ve ever met and him and his wife did a lot for us. Latest news “our eighth army has been repulsed in their attacks. Russia still pushing forward and doing well. Ill in bed since yesterday.

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

In the News

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