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|Tags=Civil War, Military,  
|Tags=Civil War, Military,  
|Location=KY
|Location=KY
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=37.8393332, -84.27001789999997
|Coordinates=37.8393332, -84.27001789999997
|State=KY
|State=KY
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|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>&ldquo;The troops enjoyed a variety of sports, &lsquo;some of which are harder than any work I ever saw,&rsquo; observed a Louisiana soldier at Columbus. Among them were footraces, several kinds of ball, wrestling, climbing trees and a herculean game in which a cannonball was hurled into one of nine holes in the ground.&rdquo;</p>
|Text=<p>&ldquo;The troops enjoyed a variety of sports, &lsquo;some of which are harder than any work I ever saw,&rsquo; observed a Louisiana soldier at Columbus. Among them were footraces, several kinds of ball, wrestling, climbing trees and a herculean game in which a cannonball was hurled into one of nine holes in the ground.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Larry J. Daniel, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Soldiering in the Army of the Tennessee: A Portrait of Life in a Confederate Army</span> (U of North Carolina Press, 1991), page 90. Daniel evidently attributes this to the <em>New Orleans Crescent</em>, October 29, 1861. He does not give the location or regiment involved.<strong> Note:</strong> can we locate the article? There was a juvenile English game called None Holes.</p>
<p>Larry J. Daniel, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Soldiering in the Army of the Tennessee: A Portrait of Life in a Confederate Army</span> (U of North Carolina Press, 1991), page 90. Daniel evidently attributes this to the <em>New Orleans Crescent</em>, October 29, 1861. He does not give the location or regiment involved.<strong> Note:</strong>&nbsp;There was a juvenile English game called None Holes.</p>
|Query=<p>This was Columbus, KY where several LA units were stationed.</p>
|Query=<p>This was Columbus, KY where several LA units were stationed. The newspaper article, from a correspondent's (named I.G.) letter dated Oct. 23, and mentions in particular Kennedy's Battalion (5th LA Infantry Battalion).</p>
|External Number=151
|External Number=151
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Country=United States
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Confederate Soldier Reports “Several Kinds of Ball”

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Tags Civil War, Military
Location KY
City/State/Country: Columbus, KY, United States
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“The troops enjoyed a variety of sports, ‘some of which are harder than any work I ever saw,’ observed a Louisiana soldier at Columbus. Among them were footraces, several kinds of ball, wrestling, climbing trees and a herculean game in which a cannonball was hurled into one of nine holes in the ground.”

Larry J. Daniel, Soldiering in the Army of the Tennessee: A Portrait of Life in a Confederate Army (U of North Carolina Press, 1991), page 90. Daniel evidently attributes this to the New Orleans Crescent, October 29, 1861. He does not give the location or regiment involved. Note: There was a juvenile English game called None Holes.

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This was Columbus, KY where several LA units were stationed. The newspaper article, from a correspondent's (named I.G.) letter dated Oct. 23, and mentions in particular Kennedy's Battalion (5th LA Infantry Battalion).

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