1862.105

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Base Ball, Old Cat played in camp

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
City/State/Country: Oxford, MS, United States
Game Base Ball, Old Cat
Text

The Woodstock (IL) Sentinel, Jan. 21, 1863 prints a Dec. 20, 1862 letter from William E. Smith of the 124th Illinois Infantry, in camp 12 miles north of Oxford, MS. He writes that the soldiers are amusing themselves playing "base ball, one, two, three 'old cat'"

Sources

The Woodstock (IL) Sentinel, Jan. 21, 1863

Comment

Other soldiers near Oxford also played. See 1862.86.

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Submitted by Bruce Allardice



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