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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1864
|Year=1864
|Headline=14th Louisiana Plays Ball in Virginia
|Headline=Maine Soldier Lame from Ballplaying
|Text=<p>“We went back to our camp and stayed there all winter and until late April 1864. Only doing picket duty on the banks of the [Rapidan] River and playing base ball. During the winter, we fought a snow-ball battle with the Brigade of North Carolina and Virginia.”</p><p>Memoirs of W. P. Snakenberg, Wilson, North Carolina, Private, “Louisiana Tigers.” Provided by Michael Aubrecht May 15, 2006. Snakenberg was from Louisiana, and had been a member of the Hope Base Ball and LaQuarte Club, which played weekly in Gretna [across the river from New Orleans]. </p>
|Text=<p>“Rappahannook Station, Va., April 18<sup>th</sup> 1864. Dear Wife, . . . . there is a move on the foot or I am no judge of Soldiering. Our Dr. seems to think we shall stay here this summer. It is nothing but play ball when we are in camp lately and I must stop for my arm is lame throwing. I thought I would write today for the Picket goes out tomorrow and it is my turn to go.”</p><p>Letter from Eugene B. Kelleran, 20<sup>th</sup> Maine; provided by Michael Aubrecht, May 15, 2009. The 20<sup>th</sup> was spared in the upcoming battle of Chancellorsville in May 1864 when it was quarantined for suspected smallpox. </p>
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Civil War
}}
}}

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“Rappahannook Station, Va., April 18th 1864. Dear Wife, . . . . there is a move on the foot or I am no judge of Soldiering. Our Dr. seems to think we shall stay here this summer. It is nothing but play ball when we are in camp lately and I must stop for my arm is lame throwing. I thought I would write today for the Picket goes out tomorrow and it is my turn to go.”

Letter from Eugene B. Kelleran, 20th Maine; provided by Michael Aubrecht, May 15, 2009. The 20th was spared in the upcoming battle of Chancellorsville in May 1864 when it was quarantined for suspected smallpox.

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