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140th NY Plays Baseball near Petersburg

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
City/State/Country: Petersburg, VA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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The Rochester Union and Advertiser, Oct. 3, 1864 reports that the 140th NY Infantry lost to Battery L 19-12, in a game played on the Weldon Railroad.

The Weldon Railroad stretched south from Petersburg. The Union army encampments were a few miles south of the city.

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The Rochester Union and Advertiser, Oct. 3, 1864

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