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Confederate Soldier's Diary Reports on Town Ball Playing, 1861-1863
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | US SouthUS South |
| City/State/Country: | TX, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Town BallTown Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | December 1861 (Texas?): "There is nothing unusual transpiring in Camp. The boys are passing the time playing Town-Ball." January 1862 (Texas?): "All rocking along finely, Boys playing Town-Ball" March 1863 (USA prison camp, IL?): The Rebels have at last found something to employ both mind and body; as the parade ground has dried up considerably in the past few days, Town Ball is in full blast, and it is a blessing for the men." March 1863 (USA prison camp, IL?): "Raining this morning, which will interfere with ball playing, but the manufacture of rings 'goes bravely on,' and I might say receives a fresh impetus by the failure of the 'Town-ball' business."
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| Sources | W. W. Heartsill, Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill: Day-by-Day, of the W. P. Lane (Texas) Rangers, from April 19th 1861 to May 20th 1865. Submitted by Jeff Kittel, 5/12/09. Available online at The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries Database, at http://solomon.cwld.alexanderstreet.com/. PBall file: CW10. |
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| Comment | Heartsill joined Lane's Texas Rangers early in the War at age 21. He was taken prisoner in Arkansas in early 1862, and exchanged for Union prisoners in April 1863. He then joined Bragg's Army in Tennessee, and was assigned to a unit put in charge of a Texas prison camp of Union soldiers. There are no references to ballplaying after 1863. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | manufacture of rings? POWs commonly fashioned hair or bone rings to while away the time [ba]. Edit with form to add a query |
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1861.20 Confederate Soldier's Diary Reports on Town Ball Playing, 1861-1863"
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