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|Headline=They didn't know the rules! | |Headline=They didn't know the rules! | ||
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|Tags=Civil War | |Tags=Civil War, Military, | ||
|Location= | |Location=Louisiana, | ||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=32.3301562, -93.58045399999997 | |||
|State=LA | |State=LA | ||
|City=Young's Point | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |Game=Base Ball | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | LouisianaLouisiana |
| City/State/Country: | Young's Point, LA, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
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| Text | The members of the Chicago Light Artillery (Taylor's Battery) played baseball at the army's base at Young's Point, LA (across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg), in April of 1863. According to soldier Israel P. Rumsey, the soldiers broke out their balls and bats and "played Base Ball according to the rule for the first time" even though nobody could agree on exactly what the rules were! Rumsey's diary is quoted in Bjorn Skaptasan, "The Chicago Light Artillery at Vicksburg," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Autumn/Winter 2013, p. 422-462 at 438 |
| Sources | Bjorn Skaptasan, "The Chicago Light Artillery at Vicksburg," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Autumn/Winter 2013, p. 422-462 at 438 |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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