1864.86
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Union artillerists play baseball in Texas
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | TexasTexas |
| City/State/Country: | [[Matagordo, TX, {{{Country}}}|Matagordo]], [[TX, {{{Country}}}|TX]], [[{{{Country}}}]] |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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| Text | Williams, "Chicago's Battery Boys. The Chicago Mercantile Battery in the Civil War" p. 478 cites the diaries of Cone (2-13-64) and F. D. Pitts, Feb. 16/25, 1864 as saying that on Feb. 25th, while stationed on the Matagorda Peninsula, the left section of the battery defeated the right section 16-4 in a game of base ball. |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1864.86 Union artillerists play baseball in Texas"
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