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|Tags=Civil War, Military, | |Tags=Civil War, Military, | ||
|Location=US South | |Location=US South | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>In his "Manual of Military Surgery" for CS surgeons, noted Dr. Julian Chisolm recommended that the army encourage "gymnastic exercises" to relieve the soldier's boredom: | |Text=<p>In his "Manual of Military Surgery" for CS surgeons, noted Dr. Julian Chisolm recommended that the army encourage "gymnastic exercises" to relieve the soldier's boredom: "The manly play of ball, with its invigorating exercise, is the common amusement in a Confederate camp. In winter this gives place to mock-battles with snowballs, when regiments and brigades are marshalled against each other in amicable array, and take as much pride in attacking and in repelling assaults, and taking prisoners, as they have felt on the battle-field in taking and holding an enemy's position. Besides ball-playing, soldiers in camp amuse themselves with rolling ten-pins, shooting marbles, throwing quoits, racing, wrestling — any of which are preferable to card-playing, which, in camp, is inseparable from gambling."</p> | ||
camp. In winter this gives place to mock-battles | |||
with snowballs, when regiments and brigades | |||
marshalled against each other in amicable array, and | |||
take as much pride in attacking and in repelling | |||
assaults, and taking prisoners, as they have felt on | |||
the battle-field in taking and holding an enemy's | |||
position. Besides ball-playing, soldiers in camp | |||
amuse themselves with rolling ten-pins, shooting | |||
marbles, throwing quoits, racing, wrestling — any of | |||
which are preferable to card-playing, which, in camp, | |||
is inseparable from gambling."</ | |||
|Sources=<p>Chisolm book. See also Kirsch book, p. 31.</p> | |Sources=<p>Chisolm book. See also Kirsch book, p. 31.</p> | ||
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice | |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice | ||
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| Text | In his "Manual of Military Surgery" for CS surgeons, noted Dr. Julian Chisolm recommended that the army encourage "gymnastic exercises" to relieve the soldier's boredom: "The manly play of ball, with its invigorating exercise, is the common amusement in a Confederate camp. In winter this gives place to mock-battles with snowballs, when regiments and brigades are marshalled against each other in amicable array, and take as much pride in attacking and in repelling assaults, and taking prisoners, as they have felt on the battle-field in taking and holding an enemy's position. Besides ball-playing, soldiers in camp amuse themselves with rolling ten-pins, shooting marbles, throwing quoits, racing, wrestling — any of which are preferable to card-playing, which, in camp, is inseparable from gambling." |
| Sources | Chisolm book. See also Kirsch book, p. 31. |
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1862.71 Confederate Surgeon encourages ball-playing"
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