War Diaries (August 17) (nonfiction)
War Diary entries for August 17.
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Benjamin Gilbert: August 17, 1778
This morning one Smith formally belonging to Colo. Greatons Regt was shot to death for desertion and inlisting several times.
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
Creed T. Davis: May 6, 1864
—On the march again. We are within four miles of Winchester. Skirmishing in front of us. We have been pressing the enemy closely all day. Saw a good many of their dead lying on the roadside. We also passed many smoking ruins. The Yankees burn all barns, hay-stacks, etc., that happen in their way. Poor Valley ! ! Firing heard in the direction of Winchester. Gen. Early is in the neighborhood.
Diary of Creed T. Davis, Private Second Company Richmond Howitzers.
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- Benjamin Gilbert @ historyisfun.org
- Diary of Creed T. Davis, Private Second Company Richmond Howitzers (PDF)