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{{Chronology Entry |Year=1861 |Year Number=46 |Headline=37th Illinois plays in camp in Springfield |Salience=2 |Tags=Civil War, Military, |Location=IL |Country=United States |Coordinates=39.78172130000001, -89.65014810000002 |State=IL |City=Springfield |Game=Base Ball, |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary |Age of Players=Adult |Text=<p>Wilder's History of the 37th Illinois, p. 30: "The officers and men of the [Waukegan] company were reported as playing baseball amidst beautiful weather."</p> <p>This book cites a letter home by a soldier to the <em>Waukegan Weekly Gazette</em>, May 7, 1861. The unit was in camp near Springfield.</p> <p>Waukegan had baseball as early as 1859.</p> |Sources=<p> <em>Waukegan Weekly Gazette</em>, May 7, 1861</p> |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice |Reviewed=Yes |Has Supplemental Text=No }}
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