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|Sources=<p>The Middletown (NY) Whig Press, April 8, 1863</p>
|Sources=<p>The Middletown (NY) Whig Press, April 8, 1863</p>
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
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The Middletown (NY) Whig Press, April 8, 1863 prints a letter from a soldier in the "Tenth Legion" (56th NY) datelined St. Helena Island [near Port Royal], March 21, 1863: "Ball playing is a favorite amusement with them. They, however, are tired of inactivity, and long for a chance to meet the foe."

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