Early baseball in Arkansas/Predecessor Game 2

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Location	Arkansas
Year	1964
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 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