1863.50

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Rebel Soldier Plays “Fine Game of Town Ball” in Georgia

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location GA
City/State/Country: GA, United States
Game Town Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

“As Confederate soldier Corporal William Harding wrote while stationed in Georgia in 1863, ‘had a fine game of Town ball which gave me good exercise. . .’”

Patricia Millen, Passion to Pastime: Baseball and the Civil War (Heritage Books, 2001), page 19. Millen cites “Harding, John. Letter. Cooperstown, NY: National Baseball Hall of Fame Library. 1863.” Note: can we obtain a facsimile of the letter, and determine Harding’s unit and the GA location of the game?

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Same as 1863.57?

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