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Wisconsin Man's Diary Included a Dozen References to Ballplaying
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | WisconsinWisconsin |
| City/State/Country: | United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | WicketWicket |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | Private Jenkin Jones sprinkled 12 references to ballplaying in his Civil War Diary. They range from December 1862 to February 1865. Most are very brief notes, like the "played ball in the afternoon" he recorded in Memphis in February 1863 [page 34]. The more revealing entries: · Oxford, 12/62: "The delightful weather succeeded in enticing most of the boys form their well-worn decks and cribbage boards, bringing them out in ball playing, pitching quoits,etc. Tallied for an interesting game of base ball" [pp 19/20] · Huntsville, 3/64: "Games daily in camp, ball, etc." [p. 184] · Huntsville, 3/64: "Played ball all of the afternoon" [p.193] · Fort Hall, 4/64: "[Col. Raum] examined our quarters and fortifications, after which he and the other officers turned in that had a game of wicket ball." [p.203] · Etowah Bridge, 9/64: "a championship game of base-ball was played on the flat between the non-veterans and the veterans. The non-veterans came off victorious by 11 points in 61." [p. 251] · Chattanooga, 2/65: "The 6th Badger boys have been playing ball with our neighbors, Buckeyes, this afternoon. We beat them three games of four.
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| Sources | Jenkin Lloyd Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary (Wisconsin History Commission, 1914). Accessed on Google Books 6/3/09 via "'wisconsin history commission' 'No. 8'" search. PBall file: CW-28. |
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| Comment | Jones was from Spring Green, WI, which is about 30 miles west of Madison and 110 miles west of Milwaukee WI. Jones later became a leading Unitarian minister and a pacifist. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Jeffrey Kittel |
| Submission Note | 5/12/2009 |
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1862.20 Wisconsin Man's Diary Included a Dozen References to Ballplaying"
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