Ballgame in Rock Island in 1864

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Date of Game 1864 Sometime in 1864
Location Rock Island, IL, United States
Field  Add Field Page Rock Island POW Camop
NY Rules Unknown
Description

Confederate army prisoners at the Rock Island, Illinois POW Camp, played baseball there. See Ben McAdams, Rebels at Rock Island (2000), p. 68, citing the diary of J. W. Minnich, Private 6th Louisiana Infantry.

Sources

Ben McAdams, Rebels at Rock Island (2000), p. 68

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Players Locality Non-local
Entry Origin Sabrpedia



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