War Diaries (October 28) (nonfiction)
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Benjamin Gilbert: October 28, 1779
We began drinking again this morning and held it till 11 o’ clock.
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