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|Location=North Carolina | |Location=North Carolina | ||
|Year=1876 | |Year=1876 | ||
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|City=Salisbury | |City=Salisbury | ||
| - | |State= | + | |State=North Carolina |
|Nickname=Surprise | |Nickname=Surprise | ||
|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
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|Pagetext=Baseball games were played in 1863, and perhaps 1862, at the Salisbury POW camp. See “Base Ball,” Spring 2011, page 152. Some sources say the Confederate guards occasionally joined in on the games. | |Pagetext=Baseball games were played in 1863, and perhaps 1862, at the Salisbury POW camp. See “Base Ball,” Spring 2011, page 152. Some sources say the Confederate guards occasionally joined in on the games. | ||
| + | But it does not appear that viewing the POW games spurred the locals to play baseball themselves. The first notice I can find is the Gold Hill club beating the “Surprise” of Salisbury May 13, 1876, 21 to 14. Salisbury Carolina Watchman, May 4, May 11, May 18, 1876. | ||
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| - | |Sources=Salisbury Carolina Watchman, May 4, May 11, May 18, 1876. | + | |
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