Edit Ballgame: Actives v Benteens in SD on 31 July 1874

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Description:	<p>Both teams were comprised of soldiers with the Seventh Cavalry, U.S. Army, under the command of Lt. Col. George Custer.</p> <p>The Actives represented Company L, and the Benteens Company H.</p> <p>The Seventh Cavalry was on what was known as the Black Hills Expedition, having left their post at Fort Abraham Lincoln, near present day Bismarck, ND earlier in July, 1874.</p> <p>Many of the soldiers/players participating in the game were either killed or wounded at the Battle of the Little Big Horn two years later in July, 1876.</p> <p>Custer SD (1880 pop. about 270) is about 35 miles SW of Rapid City SD and about 30 miles E of the Wyoming border.</p>
Sources:	<p>Bismarck Tribune, September 2, 1874</p>
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Comment:	<p>See also Eberle, "Seventh U.S. Cavalry Base Ball in Kansas, 1868-1870," Fort Hays State U. Monograph 2019 [ba]</p>
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