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Rebel Prisoners Seen Playing Ball in WI Prison Camp

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military
Location
City/State/Country:	[[Madison, WI, {{{Country}}}\|Madison]], [[WI, {{{Country}}}\|WI]], [[{{{Country}}}]]
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Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	A Wisconsin newspaper sent a writer to the nearby Camp Randall, where 881 prisoners of war were just arriving. “Some of the men and boys, of the 55^th Tennessee regiment were amusing themselves with playing ball.” The reporter notes that many prisoners had only light clothing that would provide little protection against northern winds. Many of the prisoners had been among 7000 men captured in the CSA’s surrender of Island Ten, a strategic position in the Mississippi River near New Madrid, Missouri. The nature of the Tenneseeans’ ballplaying was not recorded. “Camp Randall,” Weekly Wisconsin Patriot (Madison), April 26, 1862. Accessed at Genealogybank on 5/21/2009. Camp Randall was the former fairground for Madison WI. See also Madison Journal, April 22, 1862, Milwaukee Daily News, April 24, 1862, Manitowac Weekly Tribune, May 14, 1862. [ba]
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