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Base Ball at Fort Monroe on Christmas Eve

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location VA
City/State/Country: Fort Monroe, VA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

The Semi Weekly Wisconsin of Milwaukee, Jan. 9th, 1863 reports that on Christmas Eve at Fort Monroe "I saw the soldiers playing at base ball..."

See also New York Herald, Jan. 5, 1863, headlined "Amusements of the Army"

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The Semi Weekly Wisconsin, Jan. 9th, 1863

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