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Baseball played at Rhode Island Army Hospital
Salience | Peripheral |
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Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
Location | Rhode IslandRhode Island |
City/State/Country: | Portsmouth, RI, United States |
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Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | Grzyb, "Rhode Island's Civil War Hospital" (a book about the Portsmouth Grove Hospital in Portsmouth) p. 114 quotes the diary of Pvt. George Peck, 2nd Rhode Island: "Got my ankle hurt today by a bat playing ball." The book notes that ballplaying was a recreation at this hospital. |
Sources | Grzyb, "Rhode Island's Civil War Hospital" p. 114 |
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Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1863.111 Baseball played at Rhode Island Army Hospital"
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