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17th Maine plays the "school-boy game of base-ball"

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
City/State/Country: James City, VA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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The Portland Daily Press, April 25, 1864 prints a letter from a soldier in the 17th Maine Infantry, dated April 18, which says that a few weeks ago at James City, VA "the boys got about all manner of games [including] the old school-boy game of base-ball."

Craft, "141st Pennsylvania" p. 168 says that "ball-playing" in camp at James City was popular in March 1864.

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The Portland Daily Press, April 25, 1864

Craft, "one Hundred Forty-First Pennsylvania"

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Submitted by Bruce Allardice



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