Early baseball in Arkansas/Predecessor Game 2

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Location Arkansas
Year 1864
Month 2
City Little Rock
State AR
Country US
Name of game Ball

Charles Musser of the 29th Iowa writes while stationed in Little Rock, AR on February 15th, 1964 during the Civil War:

"The boys are pretty generally all well and in fine spirits. ... They are laughing and yelling over their ball playing, and such like amusements"

Sources

Soldier Boy: The Civil War Letters of Charles O. Musser, 29th Iowa, By Barry Popchock, 1995

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