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{{Chronology Entry |Year=1862 |Year Number=61 |Headline=Confederate POWs in Indianapolis play base ball |Salience=2 |Tags=Civil War, Military, |Location=IN |Country=United States |Coordinates=39.779585, -86.170344 |State=IN |City=Indianapolis |Modern Address=Camp Morton |Game=Base Ball |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary |Age of Players=Adult |Text=<p>Confederate army POWs at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, played baseball in 1862, according to a letter from a POW, and a report by a Union general. See James R. Hall, "Den of Misery. Indiana's Civil War Prison" p. 39, 71.</p> <p>Camp Morton was situated on the old state fairgrounds, and was used as a baseball field postwar.</p> <p>The Century Magazine (1891, p. 763-64) has an article on Camp Morton which quotes a Union officers as saying the POWs enjoyed "ball playing" and has a plan of Camp Morton, which features a "base ball grounds."</p> |Sources=<p>James R. Hall, "Den of Misery. Indiana's Civil War Prison" p. 39, 71.</p> |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice |Reviewed=Yes |Has Supplemental Text=No }}
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