War Diaries (May 16) (nonfiction)
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Isaac Lyman Taylor: May 16, 1863
Cool, clear & pleasant. Grand foot race this P.M. for a purse of $17.00 One man from each company enters the "lists." F, G & D win the three prizes. Two "contraband" races.
—Isaac Lyman Taylor, Company E, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
George Beck: May 16, 1941
Unbelievable, its snowing again. Roll on Blighty. Ordered to bed by medical officer. Frost bitten toe.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)