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{{Chronology Entry |Year=1862 |Year Number=72 |Headline=Town Ball club formed by Ohio Regiment in West Virginia |Salience=3 |Tags=Civil War, Military |Location=WV |Coordinates=38.0528884, -81.10399110000003 |State=WV |City=Fayetteville |Game=Town Ball, |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary |Age of Players=Adult |Text=<p>The Leavenworth (KS) Daily Conservative, May 18, 1862 prints a May 2 letter from a soldier in the 84th Ohio, Camp Union, Fayetteville, VA (now WV): "We are enjoying ourselves hugely. We have a town-ball club organized and a splendid field to play in. ..."</p> <p>At this time town-ball was popular in Cincinnati (and Philadelphia and Evansville). Query if the unit had soldiers from that city.</p> |Sources=<p>The Leavenworth (KS) Daily Conservative, May 18, 1862</p> |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice |Reviewed=Yes |Has Supplemental Text=No |Country=United States }}
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