1864.71

Soldier in TN asks sister to send him a baseball

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military
Location	TennesseeTennessee
City/State/Country:	Wartrace, TN, United States
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Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	Original 2 page handwritten letter from Alonzo P. Brown of the Company E 107th Regiment New York Volunteers as he writes to a young lady (we think his married sister) named Mrs. James H. Giles from the battlefields of the Civil War. Written in ink he talks of her sending him a baseball she had promised as in a previous letter he explained that everyone was baseball crazy and they needed a good ball to play with in camp! He writes, "You state that you are going to send the Ball." I have another letter to document this is clearly in regard to baseball!
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Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
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Has Supplemental Text

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