Officers of the garrison v Officers of the garrison on 13 November 1865

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Date of Game	Monday, November 13, 1865
Location	Fort Laramie, WY, United States
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Description	Lt. Springer's diary entries for Nov. 13-21, 1865 state that base ball clubs were formed from the officers of the garrison and played games.
Sources	Springer diary, in Cooling (ed.), "Soldiering in the Sioux Country: 1865" p. 72
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Comment	The baseball games at Fort Bridger were preceded by those played by soldiers at Fort Laramie in southeastern Wyoming during the winter of 1865–1866, the first documented baseball games in the territory. “Besides the theatre, the officers and men have a New York base ball club, and many an exciting match of this truly American game has been played this winter on our parade ground.” (Kansas City Daily Journal of Commerce, April 6, 1866, cited in Eberle, Baseball takes root in Kansas") Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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