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Officers in 30th MA Play Base Ball In February 1864
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | Louisiana?Louisiana? |
| City/State/Country: | LA, US |
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| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | “February 12, 1864. Officers played a game of base ball this afternoon.”
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| 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. |
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| Comment | 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 Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Do we the role of the 30th in February 1864? Are there any indications as to whether NY or MA or other game rules were employed? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| External Number | 91 |
| Submitted by | Jeff Kittel |
| Submission Note | Email of May 12, 2009. |
| Has Supplemental Text |
1864.6 Officers in 30th MA Play Base Ball In February 1864"
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