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Entire Regiment Plays Sports

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location VA
City/State/Country: Brandy Station, VA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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The Boston Traveler, March 18, 1864, prints a letter from the 1st Massachusetts, dated Brandy Station, March 15, 1864: "Camp Sports. Base ball, foot ball, and various gymnastic exercises, are in full tide of popularity and successful daily prosecution now, and the entire regiment, officers and men, turn out to engage in them."

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The Boston Traveler, March 18, 1864

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