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|City=Newport News
|City=Newport News
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|Game=Wicket,
|Game=Wicket
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Age of Players=Adult
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|Text=<p>James Madison Stone, "Personal Recollections of the Civil War" chapter 3 says that in mid-1862 "While at Newport News we had a rather pleasant time. We drilled a little, we played ball a good deal..."</p>
|Text=<p>James Madison Stone, "Personal Recollections of the Civil War" chapter 3 says that in mid-1862 "While at Newport News we had a rather pleasant time. We drilled a little, we played ball a good deal..."</p>
<p>Stone was with the 21st MA.</p>
<p>Stone was with the 21st MA.</p>
<p>The Barre Gazette, June 13, 1862 prints a May 20th letter from a soldier in the 21st which says that each night closes with "a game of wicket."</p>
<p>The Barre [MA] Gazette, June 13, 1862 prints a May 20th letter from a soldier in the 21st which says that each night closes with "a game of wicket."</p>
|Sources=<p>James Madison Stone, "Personal Recollections of the Civil War"</p>
|Sources=<p>James Madison Stone, "Personal Recollections of the Civil War"</p>
<p>The Barre Gazette, June 13, 1862</p>
<p>The Barre Gazette, June 13, 1862</p>

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21st MA "played ball a good deal..."

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location VA
City/State/Country: Newport News, VA, United States
Game Wicket
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
Text

James Madison Stone, "Personal Recollections of the Civil War" chapter 3 says that in mid-1862 "While at Newport News we had a rather pleasant time. We drilled a little, we played ball a good deal..."

Stone was with the 21st MA.

The Barre [MA] Gazette, June 13, 1862 prints a May 20th letter from a soldier in the 21st which says that each night closes with "a game of wicket."

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James Madison Stone, "Personal Recollections of the Civil War"

The Barre Gazette, June 13, 1862

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