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4th Pennsylvania plays till dark

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location Washington DC
City/State/Country: Washington, DC, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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The Washington Evening Star, May 23, 1861 reports that the day before: "The men of the Fourth Pennsylvania amused themselves and a large number of lookers on with a game of ball in the wide space in front of their quarters at the Assembly Rooms. The activity of the players after a day of hard exercise in the school of the company was astonishing. They kept up the sport until it was too dark to see the ball in it flight."

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The Washington Evening Star, May 23, 1861

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