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Union POWs seen playing ball in Macon

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location GA
City/State/Country: Macon, GA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

Croom, "The War Outside My Window" contains the diary of Leroy Wiley Gresham of Macon. The May 6, 1862 entry (p. 133): "In the evening went downtown and saw the Yankee prisoners. Some were drilling, others cooking, some played ball."

There was a POW facility, Camp Oglethorpe, in Macon.

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Croom, "The War Outside My Window" p. 133

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