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Location	Macon, GA, United States
Modern Address	Fair Grounds
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Description	The Fair Grounds appear to have been on the site of the Civil War Camp Oglethorpe, near/at/just west of the modern Fair Grounds, below 7th St. A map of Macon, showing Camp Oglethorpe, is in Bragg's "Joe Brown's Pets" p.52. The map also shows the wartime era race course. The Feb. 1860 Benedicts/Bachelor's game, and most others were played there.
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1860-02-25	Macon		GA	Olympic Club of Macon	Olympic Club of Macon	42 - 47		Bruce Allardice

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 |Modern Address=Fair Grounds
 |Description=<p>The Fair Grounds appear to have been on the site of the Civil War Camp Oglethorpe, near/at/just west of the modern Fair Grounds, below 7th St.&nbsp;</p>
+<p>A map of Macon, showing Camp Oglethorpe, is in Bragg's "Joe Brown's Pets" p.52. The map also shows the wartime era race course.</p>
 <p>The Feb. 1860 Benedicts/Bachelor's game, and most others were played there.</p>
 |Reviewed=Yes
-|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice,
+|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
 |Entered by=Bruce Allardice
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