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|Sources=<p>Smith and Larson, eds., "Dear Delia," p. 251, 253.</p>
|Sources=<p>Smith and Larson, eds., "Dear Delia," p. 251, 253.</p>
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Seventh Wisconsin Infantry plays baseball in Petersburg tranches

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The letters of Capt. Henry F. Young, 7th WI, include an 8-4-64 letter stating: "The men are beginning to Show their old life and animation last evening they had a game of ball."

This refers to baseball while in the Petersburg trenches.  The letter appears on p. 251 with a lengthy annotation on 253n31, of the book "Dear Delia."

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Smith and Larson, eds., "Dear Delia," p. 251, 253.

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