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Base Ball relives the monotony

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location KY
City/State/Country: Columbus, KY, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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The Madison State Journal, June 4, 1863 prints a Wisconsin soldier's letter from Columbus, KY dated May 31, 1863: "There have been no guerrilla raids or threatened attacks to relieve the monotony of camp and garrison life: but the foot race and the game of base ball have been substituted..."

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The Madison State Journal, June 4, 1863

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