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|Headline=Confederate Prisoners Play Bull Pen at Fort Warren | |Headline=Confederate Prisoners Play Bull Pen at Fort Warren | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Civil War, Military | |Tags=Civil War, Military, | ||
|Location= | |Location= | ||
|Country=United States | |Country=United States | ||
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|City=Boston | |City=Boston | ||
|Modern Address= | |Modern Address= | ||
|Game=Bull Pen | |Game=Bull Pen,Foot Ball | ||
|Immediacy of Report= | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Holiday= | |Holiday= | ||
|Notables= | |Notables= | ||
|Text=<p>Confederate prisoners played "bull pen" at the Fort Warren POW camp in Boston Harbor. See McGavock Diary, p. 626 (May 14, 1862)</p> | |Text=<p>Confederate prisoners played "bull pen" at the Fort Warren POW camp in Boston Harbor. See McGavock Diary, p. 626 (May 14, 1862)</p> | ||
<p>They played "foot ball" on May 17, 23, June 28th, 1862.</p> | <p>They played "foot ball" on May 17, 23, June 28th, 1862. No details of this "foot ball" game are given. The game probably resembled "Boston Code football", a sort of rugby precursor of what we know as modern football. The first "foot ball" club organized in the US was the Oneida Foot Ball Club of Boston, formed in 1862.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Gower and Allen, "Pen and Sword" (McGavock Diary), p. 626 (May 14, 1862)</p> | |Sources=<p>Gower and Allen, "Pen and Sword" (McGavock Diary), p. 626 (May 14, 1862)</p> | ||
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
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| City/State/Country: | Boston, MA, United States |
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| Game | Bull Pen, Foot BallBull Pen, Foot Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | Confederate prisoners played "bull pen" at the Fort Warren POW camp in Boston Harbor. See McGavock Diary, p. 626 (May 14, 1862) They played "foot ball" on May 17, 23, June 28th, 1862. No details of this "foot ball" game are given. The game probably resembled "Boston Code football", a sort of rugby precursor of what we know as modern football. The first "foot ball" club organized in the US was the Oneida Foot Ball Club of Boston, formed in 1862. |
| Sources | Gower and Allen, "Pen and Sword" (McGavock Diary), p. 626 (May 14, 1862) |
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