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Future President notes ballplaying in camp

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location WV
City/State/Country: Charleston, WV, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Notables Rutherford B. Hayes
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"Conspicuous Gallantry: Civil War Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes" contains a April 22, 1863 letter from Camp White in which Hayes' notes that "Drilling, boating, ball-playing and the like make the time pass pleasantly."

Camp White was near Charleston, WV. Hayes had played ball while in college.

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"Conspicuous Gallantry: Civil War Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes"

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