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Officers Play Baseball on Folly Island
| Salience | Noteworthy |
|---|---|
| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | Folly Island, SC, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | Thanksgiving |
| Notables | |
| Text | On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 1864, officers of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry played "a game of base ball" at their camp on Folly Island, near Charleston, SC. |
| Sources | Lt Col. Charles Fox, in North and South Magazine, Feb. 2010. |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| External Number | |
| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Has Supplemental Text |
1864.101 Officers Play Baseball on Folly Island"
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