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March 13, 1823
Martinsburgh Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Sergeant R. was wounded and captured at a fort due to guards' gambling distraction, recovered after three months' confinement, and lived until age 74 in 1800. A fellow prisoner escaped after 18 months. The sergeant blamed the incident on gaming's pernicious influence.
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Blessed effect of gambling,
Sergeant R. was found by the men of the fort and after being confined about three months recovered of his wound, and lived until the year 1800—when he died at the age of seventy four.
The man who was taken prisoner, made his escape eighteen months afterwards, and arrived safely at home.
The writer of this short narrative had it from the mouth of sergeant R. who was a man of veracity. The scars of the wounds he has seen, and the ball which lodged in the hip of the sergeant, he carried with him to the grave.
In his lifetime, he always said, that they undoubtedly owed this disaster to the want of vigilance occasioned by the bewitching influence of gaming and loudly protested against its pernicious tendency until the day of his death.
W.
Sergeant R. was found by the men of the fort and after being confined about three months recovered of his wound, and lived until the year 1800—when he died at the age of seventy four.
The man who was taken prisoner, made his escape eighteen months afterwards, and arrived safely at home.
The writer of this short narrative had it from the mouth of sergeant R. who was a man of veracity. The scars of the wounds he has seen, and the ball which lodged in the hip of the sergeant, he carried with him to the grave.
In his lifetime, he always said, that they undoubtedly owed this disaster to the want of vigilance occasioned by the bewitching influence of gaming and loudly protested against its pernicious tendency until the day of his death.
W.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Survival
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
Survival
What keywords are associated?
Gambling Disaster
Sergeant Survival
Moral Against Gaming
Prisoner Escape
What entities or persons were involved?
Sergeant R.
The Man Who Was Taken Prisoner
The Writer
Where did it happen?
The Fort
Story Details
Key Persons
Sergeant R.
The Man Who Was Taken Prisoner
The Writer
Location
The Fort
Event Date
Until The Year 1800
Story Details
Sergeant R. wounded and captured due to gambling distraction at fort, confined three months, recovered, lived to 74 dying in 1800; fellow prisoner escaped after 18 months; sergeant attributed disaster to gaming's influence and protested against it.