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|Headline=Base Ball at an Illinois Fort
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|Tags=Civil War,  
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Base Ball at an Illinois Camp

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City/State/Country: Freeport, IL, United States
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A 5-16-61 letter sent from Camp Scott, a training facility at Freeport, IL, from a soldier named Tyler in the 15th Illinois Infantry, relates that the solders are playing base ball in camp.

 

 

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Email from Bruce Allardice, 3/12/2013. No source given.

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