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RI Soldier Mentions Game of Ball
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | VAVA |
| City/State/Country: | Alexandria, VA, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
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| Text | “December 18th: Many of the boys had a revival of their school days in a game of ball. These amusements had much to do in preventing us from being homesick and were productive, also, of health and happiness.” The unit was stationed at Camp Webb, near Alexandria VA. No further description of the rules or play are given. Note: can we find the location of the 1st Regiment in late 1861? Are there other accounts of this unit that may add details to this account? Source: George Lewis, The History of Battery E, First Regiment, Rhode Island Lioght Artillery (Snow and Farmham, Providence, 1892), page 26. Adduced in Kirsch, Baseball in Blue and Gray, page 33. Lewis makes no other mention of ballplaying in this history. |
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| External Number | 11 |
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1861.31 RI Soldier Mentions Game of Ball"
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