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Confederate Prisoners Play Ball in Chicago

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Civil WarCivil War
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City/State/Country:	Chicago, IL, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Retrospective
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	At Camp Douglas, a prisoner of war camp in Chicago, the Confederate army prisoners played "the old-fashioned game of ball--with a ball and bats--but no base ball" (because to the prisoner, base ball meant you had to dress up in uniforms. Copley, "A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin...." p. 172. He was taken prisoner in late 1864, thus the ballplaying he witnessed occurred in late 1864 or early 1865. There are mentions in other books of POWs playing base ball at Camp Douglas. For example, the Chicago Tribune, March 25, 1862 reports that the Camp Douglas POWs played " a game of ball.... giving full play to the arms, legs and lungs." Same Oct. 19, 1863 reports that the prisoners are playing base ball and quoits.
Sources	Copley, "A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin...." p. 172
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Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
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1864c.56 Confederate Prisoners Play Ball in Chicago"

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