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Chicago Marine Plays Base Ball in Louisiana

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location Louisiana
City/State/Country: LA, United States
Text

[March 3] “Went on shore at 10 ½ o’clock this morning and played base ball for about 3 hours. At 3 p.m. practiced with revolver.”

[March 10] “Went out in the afternoon and exercised my men in company drill. Played a game of ball.”

J. Jones and E. Keuchel, eds., Civil War Marine: a Diary of the Red River Expedition, 1864 (US Marine Corps, 1975) page 34-35. Provided by Jeff Kittel, May 12, 2009. Church was a member of the small [3800 troops] Marine Corps sent from Cairo IL to support the Red River campaign, intended to liberate TX, AR, and LA [it didn’t]. The base ball entries preceded the March 13 start of fighting. Church’s diary covers three spring months of 1864.

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This unit was part of the Mississippi River Marine Brigade, which was NOT a part of the US Marines. [ba]

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