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- 1864.17 + (<p>“The boys are killing time in cam … <p>“The boys are killing time in camp by playing ball, which is such good exercise that it will fit them for the fatiguing marches to be taken this summer. The Soldiers here are undoubtedly, at this time more lighthearted and like schoolboys than I ever saw them. Maj. Lash and Col. Badger often play ball with the men.”</p></br><p>Letters from Washington Ives, 4<sup>th</sup> FL regiment, April 14, April 17, May 3, and May 7 1864, as noted in J. Sheppard, “’By the Noble Daring of Her Sons’: The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee,” (FSU Dissertation, 2008), pages 291-292. Some of these letters, and evidently another written by Archie Livingston on April 24, further describe a series of games involving the 1<sup>st</sup> FL, the 3<sup>rd</sup> FL, the 4<sup>th</sup> FL, the 6<sup>th</sup> FL, and the 7<sup>th</sup> FL regiments in this period. The Sheppard thesis was accessed 6/20/09 on Google Scholar via “’noble daring’ Sheppard” search. The regiments were camped at Dalton GA, about 30 miles SW of Chattanooga defending the route to Atlanta.</p>GA, about 30 miles SW of Chattanooga defending the route to Atlanta.</p>)