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Ball playing at Spotsylvania battlefield

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location VA
City/State/Country: Spotsylvania, VA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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The Fayetteville Observer, May 30, 1864: From Lane's (NC) Brigade, datelined Spotsylvania, May 17: "We pass our leisure moments in watching the enemy's and our skirmishers popping away at each other; while a little further off we see some of them running around apparently plying ball."

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The Fayetteville Observer, May 30, 1864

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