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29th Iowa plays ball in Little Rock

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location Arkansas
City/State/Country: Little Rock, AR, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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Charles Musser of the 29th Iowa writes while stationed in Little Rock, AR on February 15th, 1864 during the Civil War:

"The boys are pretty generally all well and in fine spirits. ... They are laughing and yelling over their ball playing, and such like amusements"

Soldier Boy: The Civil War Letters of Charles O. Musser, 29th Iowa, By Barry Popchock, 1995. Courtesy Caleb Hardwick.

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