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Officers in 30th MA Play Base Ball In February 1864

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location Louisiana?
City/State/Country: LA, US
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
Text

“February 12, 1864. Officers played a game of base ball this afternoon.”

 

Sources

H.W. Howe “Diary of Henry Warren Howe, February 1864,” Passages from the Life of Henry Warren Howe ( Courier-Citizen, 1899), page 61. Provided by Jeff Kittel, 2009. 

See https://archive.org/details/passagesfromlife00inhowe

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The 30th was stationed at Franklin, Louisiana at this time [Noted by Bruce Allardice]. Franklin is about 100 miles west of New Orleans, a few miles from the Gulf of Mexico 

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Do we the role of the 30th in February 1864?  A

Are there any indications as to whether NY or MA or other game rules were employed?

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External Number 91
Submitted by Jeff Kittel
Submission Note Email of May 12, 2009.



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