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Pork, Hard-Tack, Beans, and Baseball in the 5th Mass Artillery
Salience | Peripheral |
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Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
Location | VAVA |
City/State/Country: | Falmouth, VA, United States |
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Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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Text | “We had plenty of pork and hard tack to go with the beans. We amused ourselves when the weather would permit by having a game of baseball.” William A. Waugh, Reminiscences of the rebellion or what I saw as a private soldier on the 5th Mass. Light Battery from 1861-1863. Provided by Michael Aubrecht, May 15 2009. Waugh is here describing life in winter quarters near Falmouth on the Virginia coast and east of Fredericksburg.
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Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
External Number | 128 |
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1862.48 Pork, Hard-Tack, Beans, and Baseball in the 5th Mass Artillery"
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