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Daily Eagle Sees Base Ball Now Played Throughout US North (East of the Mississippi)

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Civil War, Military, Newspaper CoverageCivil War, Military, Newspaper Coverage
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City/State/Country:	US
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Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	"Ball players are being made by the hundred in our army. The few members of clubs that happen to get into the different regiments that have emanated from the Metropolis have inoculated the whole service with a love of the game, and during last year, for the first time, we believe, base ball matches took place in every State in the Union-- or out of it, as the case may be-- this side of the Mississippi. Materials are now furnished to the various regiments that require them, and this by order of the Government, and this year, unless some very stirring work is done, games of ball will be played throughout the country, not only by civilians in the great cities, but by our soldiers in every camp, North, East, West, and South."
Sources	Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 30, 1864
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Comment	In submitting this piece, Bob Tholkes writes: "In recent years the role of the Civil War in expanding baseball, once considered crucial, has suffered bombardment by several large-bore researchers. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle made the case for the influence of the war.  If the crucial nature of the war's role is a myth, it is a myth reaching back to the beginning." Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
Submission Note	Email to 19CBB, 9/11/2016
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1864.54 Daily Eagle Sees Base Ball Now Played Throughout US North (East of the Mississippi)"

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