War Diaries (January 19) (nonfiction)

War Diary entries for January 19

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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.

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

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 @ historyisfun.org

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• Benjamin Gilbert @ historyisfun.org