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Government Survey: Athletic Games Forestall Woes of Soldiers Gambling
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
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| City/State/Country: | United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | After examining nearly 200 regiments, the Sanitary Commission [it resembled today's Red Cross] was reported to have found that "in forty-two regiments, systematic athletic recreations (foot ball, base ball, &c) were general. In one hundred and fifty-six, there were none. Where there were none, card playing and other indoor games took their place. This invited gambling abuses, it was inferred.
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| Sources | "War Miscellanies. Interesting Army Statistics," Springfield [MA] Republican, January 25, 1862. Accessed via Genealogybank, 5/21/09. PBall file: CW13. |
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1862.13 Government Survey: Athletic Games Forestall Woes of Soldiers Gambling"
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