1864.22

Union POWs in SC Given “Plot of Ground Where They Could Play Ball”

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military
Location	South CarolinaSouth Carolina
City/State/Country:	SC, United States
Modern Address	Charleston
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Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	“Vegetable and market wagons were allowed to visit them every morning; a pint of rice, a slice of bacon, and usually a small loaf of bread, with some salt, were allowed them as a daily ration; and a plot of ground where they could play ball and exercise themselves was set apart for their use.” H. E. Tremain, Two Days of War (Bonnell, Silver and Bowers, New York, 1905), page 218. Accessed 6/20/09 on Google Books via “two days of war” search. Tremain is apparently here describing the improved conditions that ensued after the Union troops threatened to treat rebel prisoners cruelly if inhumane treatment of Union prisoners continued. The location was Charleston SC, which was under bombardment in August 1864.
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