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First Sunday in the Army: "Ball-playing, Wrestling, and Some Card-Playing"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | IllinoisIllinois |
| City/State/Country: | East St. Louis, IL, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
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| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | In early May 1861, the new 13th Illinois Regiment assembled in East St. Louis IL. Writing of the first Sabbath in the camp, the veterans later said "There was drill: so the notion of the leaders ran. A better view obtains now. There was ball-playing and wrestling and some card-playing, but that [just the card-playing?] was generally regarded as out of order."
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| Sources | Military History and Reminiscences of the Thirteenth Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Woman's Temperance Publishing, Chicago, 1892), page 10. PBall file: CW-122. |
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| Comment | This may be the first recorded instance of ballplaying by Civil War soldiers. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | The place is more probably Camp Dement, in Dixon, IL [ba] Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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1861.15 First Sunday in the Army: "Ball-playing, Wrestling, and Some Card-Playing""
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