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Union soldiers play baseball with Confederates
| Salience | Prominent |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
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| City/State/Country: | Petersburg, VA, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "A letter from the Army of the Potomac dated the 1st inst., says that for five hours after the truce was declared along our lines in front of the 9th Corps, thousands of our boys threw down their arms and engaged in ball playing with the rebel soldiers. The utmost good feeling prevailed..." This "truce" appears to have been connected with the Hampton Roads Peace Conference, and probably occurred Jan. 29th, 1865. If true, this would be perhaps the first verified instance of ball playing between the two sides, in a battlefield situation. The story was printed in many newspapers that month. However, no contemporary diary mentions this event. |
| Sources | The Cincinnati Enquirer, Feb. 6, 1865 |
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1865.31 Union soldiers play baseball with Confederates"
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