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19th IL vs. 69th Ohio

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War
Location Murfreesboro, TN
City/State/Country: Murfreesboro, TN, United States
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In May of 1863 the Turchin Boys of the 19th Illinois (Basil Turchin was colonel of the 19th) played a team from the 69th Ohio, on the drill ground just outside the Union army camp at Murfreesboro, TN. 

This Turchin team played a wartime game in Chicago (see protoball entry).

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Cincinnati Inquirer, Feb. 25, 1879

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