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Confederate Prisoners Play Ball in Chicago
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Civil WarCivil War |
| Location | United StatesUnited States |
| City/State/Country: | [[Chicago, IL, {{{Country}}}|Chicago]], [[IL, {{{Country}}}|IL]], [[{{{Country}}}]] |
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| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | At Camp Douglas, a prisoner of war camp in Chicago, the Confederate army prisoners played "the old-fashioned game of ball--with a ball and bats--but no base ball" (because to the prisoner, base ball meant you had to dress up in uniforms. Copley, "A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin...." p. 172. He was taken prisoner in late 1864, thus the ballplaying he witnessed occurred in late 1864 or early 1865. There are mentions in other books of POWs playing base ball at Camp Douglas. |
| Sources | Copley, "A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin...." p. 172 |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1864c.56 Confederate Prisoners Play Ball in Chicago"
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