1863.43
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Floridian: “Game of Ball . . . Has Become a Great Amusement Here”
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
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| City/State/Country: | TN, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | “William D. Rogers closed a letter to his parents by confessing he was stopping to ‘join the Boys in a game of Ball which has become a great amusement here.’” J. S. Sheppard, “’By the Noble Daring of Her Sons; The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee,” (PhD Dissertation, Florida State U, 2008), page 200. Sheppard’s citation: “William D. Rogers to Dear Papa and Mother, April 17, 1863. William D. Rogers Letters, 1862-1865.” Thesis accessed 6/15/09 via Google Scholar search “’noble daring’ Sheppard.’’ Rogers’ unit was evidently at winter quarters near Tullahoma TN then, about 80miles SE of Nashville and 245 miles N of the Alabama border. Rogers was from Alabama. |
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| External Number | 77 |
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1863.43 Floridian: “Game of Ball . . . Has Become a Great Amusement Here”"
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