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|Text=<p>The <em>National Tribune</em>, Aug. 29, 1895, prints a letter from C. W.Colby of the 97th Illinois, who writes that in April of 863 his unit was detailed to guard Gen. Grant's headquarters. "Every evening we had a game of ball on the lawn in front of headquarters, and the General would sit on the porch, enjoying the sport as much as we did."</p>
|Text=<p>The <em>National Tribune</em>, Aug. 29, 1895, prints a letter from C. W. Colby of the 97th Illinois, who writes that in April of 1863 his unit was detailed to guard Gen. Grant's headquarters at Milliken's Bend. "Every evening we had a game of ball on the lawn in front of headquarters, and the General would sit on the porch, enjoying the sport as much as we did."</p>
|Sources=<p>The&nbsp;<em>National Tribune</em>, Aug. 29, 1895</p>
|Sources=<p>The&nbsp;<em>National Tribune</em>, Aug. 29, 1895</p>
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
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|Has Supplemental Text=No
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The National Tribune, Aug. 29, 1895, prints a letter from C. W. Colby of the 97th Illinois, who writes that in April of 1863 his unit was detailed to guard Gen. Grant's headquarters at Milliken's Bend. "Every evening we had a game of ball on the lawn in front of headquarters, and the General would sit on the porch, enjoying the sport as much as we did."

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