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|Headline=Confederate POWs in Indianapolis play base ball
|Headline=Confederate POWs in Indianapolis play base ball
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Civil War,
|Tags=Civil War
|Location=United States,  
|Location=United States,
|Coordinates=39.779585, -86.170344
|Coordinates=39.779585, -86.170344
|State=IN
|State=IN
|City=Indianapolis
|City=Indianapolis
|Modern Address=Camp Morton
|Modern Address=Camp Morton
|Game=Base Ball,  
|Game=Base Ball,
|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>Confederate army POWs at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, played baseball in 1862, according to &nbsp;a letter from a POW, and a report by a Union general. See James R. Hall, "Den of Misery. Indiana's Civil War Prison" p. 39, 71.</p>
|Text=<p>Confederate army POWs at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, played baseball in 1862, according to &nbsp;a letter from a POW, and a report by a Union general. See James R. Hall, "Den of Misery. Indiana's Civil War Prison" p. 39, 71.</p>
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|Sources=<p>James R. Hall, "Den of Misery. Indiana's Civil War Prison" p. 39, 71.</p>
|Sources=<p>James R. Hall, "Den of Misery. Indiana's Civil War Prison" p. 39, 71.</p>
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Confederate POWs in Indianapolis play base ball

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War
Location United States
Modern Address Camp Morton
Game Base Ball
Age of Players Adult
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Confederate army POWs at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, played baseball in 1862, according to  a letter from a POW, and a report by a Union general. See James R. Hall, "Den of Misery. Indiana's Civil War Prison" p. 39, 71.

Camp Morton was situated on the old state fairgrounds, and was used as a baseball field postwar.

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James R. Hall, "Den of Misery. Indiana's Civil War Prison" p. 39, 71.

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