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...matter was of much or any importance. Aside from that trifling affair, the prisoners were as orderly and as obedient as at any time in the past."</p> <p>[Bates then described the killing of the ball-playing prisoners and concluded that seven&nbsp; were killed and sixty wounded.]&nbsp; &nbsp;

...d earnest with rowing and running matches, jumping, quoits, base, trap and ball, and other out-door amusements, which in conjunction with fresh air and the ...s=<p>It is highly likely that "base" here refers to baseball, as prisoners base by this date was nearly always referred to by its full name, and because th

|Term=Base (Prisoner's Base) ...uo; as a ball game is from New England in 1831, and that his source groups base with cricket and cat as young men&rsquo;s ballgames.</p>

|Title=a raid on Sunday ball players ...d fined one dollar each and costs, and at the same time were informed that ball-playing in the city limits on the Sabbath hereafter would not be allowed.

...es were played in 1862 and 1863 at the Salisbury POW camp. See &ldquo;Base Ball,&rdquo; Spring 2011, page 152.</p> ...1862 diary entry described a &ldquo;great game of baseball&rdquo; between prisoners transferred from New Orleans and Tuscaloosa AL, which ended in an 11-11 tie

...ine=Dickens Names Cricket, but not Stoolball or Rounders, Among "Merriest" Games ...e afoot, and on horseback; at cricket and all games of ball; the prisoners base, hare and hounds, follow up leader, and more sports than I can think of."</

|Game=Base Ball ...in a May 21, 1862 diary entry described a "great game of baseball" between prisoners transferred from New Orleans and Tuscaloosa AL, which brought "as much enjo

...nces inspected, but close reading suggests that fewer than 50 instances of ball-playing are referenced. ...nces to ball-playing. Some of these entries include multiple references to ball-playing, some that mention baseball in non-ballplaying context. This essay

|Title=A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball ...are oblige’d to walk 4 miles to day to find a place leavel enough to play ball.”<ref name="ref1" /> On the face of it, the two journal entries might not