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Ballplaying at Appomattox surrender?
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | VirginiaVirginia |
| City/State/Country: | Appomattox, VA, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | There's long been a story that when Robert E. Lee's Confederate army surrendered at Appomattox, April 9, 1865, the Union victors played baseball games with the Confederate POWs. According to Pat Schroeder, who works for the NPS at Appomattox, that is not true--the Union and Confederate soldiers did indeed play baseball that week, but they played in their own camps, not against each other. |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1865.29 Ballplaying at Appomattox surrender?"
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