War Diaries (August 14) (nonfiction)

War Diary quotations for August 14.

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Benjamin Gilbert: August 14, 1778

Roger Alger of Capt. Shays Compy was whipt 50 lashes for stealing

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