1864.9

Chicago Marine Plays Base Ball in Louisiana

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military
Location	LouisianaLouisiana
City/State/Country:	LA, United States
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Text	[March 3] “Went on shore at 10 ½ o’clock this morning and played base ball for about 3 hours. At 3 p.m. practiced with revolver.” [March 10] “Went out in the afternoon and exercised my men in company drill. Played a game of ball.” J. Jones and E. Keuchel, eds., Civil War Marine: a Diary of the Red River Expedition, 1864 (US Marine Corps, 1975) page 34-35. Provided by Jeff Kittel, May 12, 2009. Church was a member of the small [3800 troops] Marine Corps sent from Cairo IL to support the Red River campaign, intended to liberate TX, AR, and LA [it didn’t]. The base ball entries preceded the March 13 start of fighting. Church’s diary covers three spring months of 1864.
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Comment	This unit was part of the Mississippi River Marine Brigade, which was NOT a part of the US Marines. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment
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External Number	95
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