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Baseball near Petersburg
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
Location | VAVA |
City/State/Country: | [[Petersburg, VA, {{{Country}}}|Petersburg]], [[VA, {{{Country}}}|VA]], [[{{{Country}}}]] |
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Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | In late 1864, the New York Times reported the game among the fortifications and camps along the Appomattox River, “Sometimes a few enterprising minds get up a baseball match, and they are as punctilious over ‘fair’ and ‘foul’ as the most ambitious club at home.” |
Sources | "The Army of the Potomac," New York Times, Oct. 30, 1864. |
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Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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Has Supplemental Text |
1864.73 Baseball near Petersburg"
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