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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1862
|Year=1862
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=74
|Year Number=74
|Headline=Town Ball at Shiloh Battlefield
|Headline=Town Ball at Shiloh Battlefield
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Civil War, Military
|Tags=Civil War, Military,
|Location=TN,
|Location=TN,
|Coordinates=35.1153617, -88.36170849999996
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=35.1153617, -88.36170849999999
|State=TN
|State=TN
|City=Shiloh
|City=Shiloh
|Modern Address=
|Game=Town Ball
|Game=Town Ball
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Text=<p>The Mattoon Gazette, April 17, 1862 prints a letter from a soldier in the 7th IL, datelined Pittsburgh Landing, March 31, 1862: "Down on the parade ground the old time-honored games of 'ball pin,' and'town ball' have enlisted the attention of fifty or sixty soldiers..."</p>
|Holiday=
<p>Pittsburgh Landing is where the 1862 battle of Shiloh was fought.</p>
|Notables=
|Text=<p>The Mattoon Gazette, April 17, 1862 prints a letter from a soldier in the 7th IL, datelined Pittsburgh Landing, March 31, 1862: "Down on the parade ground the old time-honored games of 'ball pin,' and 'town ball' have enlisted the attention of fifty or sixty soldiers..."</p>
<p>Pittsburgh Landing is where the April 1862 battle of Shiloh was fought.</p>
|Sources=<p>The Mattoon Gazette, April 17, 1862</p>
|Sources=<p>The Mattoon Gazette, April 17, 1862</p>
|Warning=
|Comment=
|Query=
|Source Image=
|External Number=
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submission Note=
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Country=United States
}}
}}

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Town Ball at Shiloh Battlefield

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location TN
City/State/Country: Shiloh, TN, United States
Game Town Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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The Mattoon Gazette, April 17, 1862 prints a letter from a soldier in the 7th IL, datelined Pittsburgh Landing, March 31, 1862: "Down on the parade ground the old time-honored games of 'ball pin,' and 'town ball' have enlisted the attention of fifty or sixty soldiers..."

Pittsburgh Landing is where the April 1862 battle of Shiloh was fought.

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The Mattoon Gazette, April 17, 1862

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