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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)


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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)

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