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{{Chronology Entry |Year=1864 |Year Number=26 |Headline=Union Prisoners in Texas Given a Ball Ground β For a While |Salience=3 |Tags=Civil War, Military, |Location=Texas, |Coordinates=31.9685988, -99.90181310000003 |State=TX |Immediacy of Report=Retrospective |Age of Players=Adult |Text=<p>“[A] new person being put in command of the inside [of the Texas prison] about the 1<sup>st</sup> of October [1864], made suggestions which the commandant allowed him to carry out, and relieved us ever afterward. He gave us a fine ball ground which was well occupied and proved a blessing.”</p> <p>Major J. M. McCulloch, 77<sup>th</sup> Illinois, as quoted in Washington Davis, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Camp-Fire Chats of the Civil War</span> (Lewis Publishing, Chicago, 1888), page 70. Accessed on Google Books 6/21/09 via “’camp-fire chats’ davis” search. McCulloch does not elaborate on the nature of games played. He had been captured with troops from Ohio and Kentucky as well as Illinois. The prison was at Camp Ford near Tyler TX, about 100 miles E of Dallas.</p> <p>An escapee from Camp Ford arrived in Milwaukee in November and told the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sentinel </span>about his adventure. “We used to pass time playing checkers, cards, and dominoes. We were let out by twenties on parole to play ball, but so many ran away that the privilege was taken from us.” “Prison Life in Texas – Narrative of an Escaped Prisoner, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Milwaukee</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Sentinel</span>, November 11, 1864.” Accessed 5/21/09 via Genealogybank subscription.</p> |External Number=113 |Reviewed=Yes |Has Supplemental Text=No |Country=United States }}
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