1864.25
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The Hothead Union Captain and the Foul Ball
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | ILIL |
| City/State/Country: | Alton, IL, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | “The prison guard, Captain Hogendoble, struck by a foul ball from a prisoners’ baseball game, approached the batter, drew his pistol, and threatened to ‘blow their d-----d brains out.’” Benton McAdams, “Greybeards in Blue,” Civil War Times, February 1998. Accessed 6/21/09 via Google Web search: “’greybeards in blue’ hogendoble.” The article tells the story of the 37th Iowa, comprising many older men, who were assigned in May 1864 to the military prison in Alton, Illinois. The source for this recollection is not provided. |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| External Number | 112 |
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1864.25 The Hothead Union Captain and the Foul Ball"
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