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|Year=1861
|Year=1861
|Year Number=15
|Year Number=15
|Headline=First Sunday in the Army:  "Ball-playing, Wrestling, and Some Cards
|Headline=First Sunday in the Army:  "Ball-playing, Wrestling, and Some Card-Playing"
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Civil War,  
|Tags=Civil War, Military,  
|Location=Illinois
|Location=Illinois
|Country=US
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=38.624514, -90.1506465
|State=IL
|State=IL
|City=East St. Louis
|City=East St. Louis
|Game=Base Ball,
|Game=Base Ball
|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>In early May 1861, the new 13<sup>th</sup> Illinois Regiment assembled in East St. Louis IL. Writing of the first Sabbath in the camp, the veterans later said "There was drill: <em>so</em> the notion of the leaders ran. A better view obtains now. There was ball-playing and wrestling and some card-playing, but that [just the card-playing?] was generally regarded as out of order."</p>
|Text=<p>In early May 1861, the new 13<sup>th</sup> Illinois Regiment assembled in East St. Louis IL. Writing of the first Sabbath in the camp, the veterans later said "There was drill: <em>so</em> the notion of the leaders ran. A better view obtains now. There was ball-playing and wrestling and some card-playing, but that [just the card-playing?] was generally regarded as out of order."</p>
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|Sources=<p><span>Military History and Reminiscences of the Thirteenth Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry</span>&nbsp;(Woman's Temperance Publishing, Chicago, 1892), page 10. PBall file: CW-122.&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><span>Military History and Reminiscences of the Thirteenth Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry</span>&nbsp;(Woman's Temperance Publishing, Chicago, 1892), page 10. PBall file: CW-122.&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>This may be the first recorded instance of ballplaying by Civil War soldiers.</p>
|Comment=<p>This may be the first recorded instance of ballplaying by Civil War soldiers.</p>
|Query=<p>The place is more probably Camp Dement, in Dixon, IL [ba]</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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First Sunday in the Army: "Ball-playing, Wrestling, and Some Card-Playing"

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location Illinois
City/State/Country: East St. Louis, IL, United States
Game Base Ball
Age of Players Adult
Text

In early May 1861, the new 13th Illinois Regiment assembled in East St. Louis IL. Writing of the first Sabbath in the camp, the veterans later said "There was drill: so the notion of the leaders ran. A better view obtains now. There was ball-playing and wrestling and some card-playing, but that [just the card-playing?] was generally regarded as out of order."

 

Sources

Military History and Reminiscences of the Thirteenth Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Woman's Temperance Publishing, Chicago, 1892), page 10. PBall file: CW-122. 

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This may be the first recorded instance of ballplaying by Civil War soldiers.

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The place is more probably Camp Dement, in Dixon, IL [ba]

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