1862.101
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Artillerists play quoits and baseball
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
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| City/State/Country: | Corinth, MS, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | Hampton Smith (ed.), "Brother of Mine: The Civil War Letters of Thomas and William Christie," feature the wartime letter of a member of the 1st MN light artillery. There are several mentions of Thomas playing baseball in camp: p. 56 (letter from Corinth, MS, June 26, 1862): "As to exercise, quoits and base ball fill up every leisure moment I have..." (with quoits being his favorite) p. 111 (letter from Lake Providence, LA, March 11, 1863): "We sleep sound and dreamless, fatigued by our exertions at Base Ball through the Day." p. 123 (Lake Providence, April 11, 1863): mentions "my habits of playing cricket, quoits, and base ball..." |
| Sources | Hampton Smith (ed.), "Brother of Mine: The Civil War Letters of Thomas and William Christie," |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1862.101 Artillerists play quoits and baseball"
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