1862c.54

Confederate soldiers in need of base ball and cricket bats

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	Civil WarCivil War
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City/State/Country:	Charleston, SC, United States
Modern Address
Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	"Camp Games. Every volunteer who has been in service, has realized the tedium of camp life. Between reveille and breakfast--between morning and evening drill--there is waste time, which might be used advantageously at such many exercises as cricket, base ball, foot ball, quoit pitching, etc. A recent visit to some of our camp[s], showed several parties enjoying a quiet hand at pitching quoits in a shady grove. Cannot some of our hardware dealers have a supply cast, and let our soldiers know where they can be procured? Cricket and base ball bats are also wanted, and a few dozen substantial foot balls would, we are sure, find ready sale. For want of such things, the time of the soldier is mainly spent in playing cards."
Sources	The Charleston (SC) Mercury (3 Apr 1862). Available digitally through "Accessible Archives."
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Submitted by	Debbie Shattuck
Submission Note	entered 2/22/2014
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