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Parolees play baseball at Camp Douglas

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
City/State/Country: Chicago, IL, United States
Game Base Ball
Age of Players Adult
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Richard C. Hulse, Co. F, 5th New York Heavy Artillery

Camp Douglas, Oct. 20, 25, 1862:

We are to have a baseball match between our company and Company A that was taken prisoners with us. They are making great preparations about it.

We had a game of baseball between our two companies and our company came off boss.

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