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36th Illinois Plays base ball in Aurora Camp

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location IL
City/State/Country: Aurora, IL, United States
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
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"Hiram, of Big Rock, in lieu of it opened a boxing gymnasium. This, with base ball, filled up the intervals between meal time and drill."
History of the 36th Illinois, p. 24. This was at Camp Hammond in Aurora, IL, in 1861.

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Bennett and Haigh, History of the 36th Illinois, p. 24.

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