War Diaries (January 2) (nonfiction)
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Benjamin Gilbert: January 2, 1781
Our men are naked and not like to be Clothed. Some have Received no money since December 1779, the others not since March 1780.
[In a letter to his brother-in-law.]
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