1864.57
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Union Army Parolees Play Baseball in Camp
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | MDMD |
| City/State/Country: | Annapolis, MD, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | Cox, "Civil War Maryland" says Union army parolees played baseball in 1864 at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland. "Parole" was a system of POW exchange whereby the soldier, after surrender, took an oath not to serve again until properly exchanged, and was then released. Union parolees went to the parole camp near Annapolis that the Federal government established, to wait (in friendly territory) until notified that they'd been exchanged for a Confederate parolee. So this is another example of Union army POWs playing baseball. |
| Sources | Cox, "Civil War Maryland" |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1864.57 Union Army Parolees Play Baseball in Camp"
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