1863.141

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Drill, baseball and glee clubs

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
City/State/Country: Freericksburg, VA, United States
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
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In his famous memoir, "Recollections of a Private", Warren Lee Goss of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry recalls that in 1863, "Drill, baseball, glee clubs, besides the inevitable and never forgotten or omitted 'bluff' occupied our time [in camp]."

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Goss, "Recollections of a Private" p. 174.

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