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Baseball at Fortress Monroe

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
City/State/Country: Fortress Monroe, VA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Text

"Mornings a portion of the Braintree company, Fourth Regiment, may be seen playing base ball, and a mighty smart game they play, it would do you good to see them."

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Letter from Fortress Monroe, April 30, 1861, printed in the Boston Daily Advertiser, May 5, 1861

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