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<p>"He was fond of all out-door sports and manly games . . . . 'Touch the base' was the favorite game, and of all who engaged in the romp, none were more eager or happy than 'Jimmy.'" Whitelaw Reid, <u>Ohio</u> <u>in the War: Her Statesmen, Generals and Soldiers</u> Volume 1 (Moore Wilstach and Baldwin, Cincinnati, 1868), page 561. <b>Query:</b> Do we know what "touch the base" was? A base-oriented ball game? A species of tag? Akin to prisoner's base?</p> | <p>"He was fond of all out-door sports and manly games . . . . 'Touch the base' was the favorite game, and of all who engaged in the romp, none were more eager or happy than 'Jimmy.'" Whitelaw Reid, <u>Ohio</u> <u>in the War: Her Statesmen, Generals and Soldiers</u> Volume 1 (Moore Wilstach and Baldwin, Cincinnati, 1868), page 561. <b>Query:</b> Do we know what "touch the base" was? A base-oriented ball game? A species of tag? Akin to prisoner's base?</p> | ||
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| Text | Major-General James McPherson was the highest-ranking Ohioan to die in the Civil War. His family has mover from Western New York State to Ohio, where he was born and grew up in Sandusky OH. A family member recalls: "He was fond of all out-door sports and manly games . . . . 'Touch the base' was the favorite game, and of all who engaged in the romp, none were more eager or happy than 'Jimmy.'" Whitelaw Reid, Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Generals and Soldiers Volume 1 (Moore Wilstach and Baldwin, Cincinnati, 1868), page 561. Query: Do we know what "touch the base" was? A base-oriented ball game? A species of tag? Akin to prisoner's base? |
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