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|Year=1864 | |Year=1864 | ||
|Year Number=9 | |||
|Headline=Chicago Marine Plays Base Ball in Louisiana | |Headline=Chicago Marine Plays Base Ball in Louisiana | ||
|Salience=3 | |Salience=3 | ||
|Tags=Civil War | |Tags=Civil War, | ||
|Text=<p>[March 3] “Went on shore at 10 ½ o’clock this morning and played base ball for about 3 hours. At 3 p.m. practiced with revolver.”</p> | |||
<p>[March 10] “Went out in the afternoon and exercised my men in company drill. Played a game of ball.”</p> | |||
<p>J. Jones and E. Keuchel, eds., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Civil War Marine: a Diary of the Red River Expedition, 1864</span> (US Marine Corps, 1975) page 35. Provided by Jeff Kittel, May 12, 2009. Church was a member of the small [3800 troops] Marine Corps sent from Cairo IL to support the Red River campaign, intended to liberate TX, AR, and LA [it didn’t]. The base ball entries preceded the March 13 start of fighting. Church’s diary covers three spring months of 1864.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>This unit was part of the Mississippi River Marine Brigade, which was NOT a part of the US Marines. [ba]</p> | |||
|External Number=95 | |External Number=95 | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Text | [March 3] “Went on shore at 10 ½ o’clock this morning and played base ball for about 3 hours. At 3 p.m. practiced with revolver.” [March 10] “Went out in the afternoon and exercised my men in company drill. Played a game of ball.” J. Jones and E. Keuchel, eds., Civil War Marine: a Diary of the Red River Expedition, 1864 (US Marine Corps, 1975) page 35. Provided by Jeff Kittel, May 12, 2009. Church was a member of the small [3800 troops] Marine Corps sent from Cairo IL to support the Red River campaign, intended to liberate TX, AR, and LA [it didn’t]. The base ball entries preceded the March 13 start of fighting. Church’s diary covers three spring months of 1864. |
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Comment | This unit was part of the Mississippi River Marine Brigade, which was NOT a part of the US Marines. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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