Early baseball in Arkansas/Predecessor Game 4
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| - | "Ball playing is got to be a chief amusement." | + | "Ball playing is got to be a chief amusement. Well, anything to drive away the blues when a fellow is on short rations" |
|Sources=A Rough Introduction to This Sunny Land: The Civil War Diary of Private Henry A. Strong, Co. K, Twelfth Kansas Infantry | |Sources=A Rough Introduction to This Sunny Land: The Civil War Diary of Private Henry A. Strong, Co. K, Twelfth Kansas Infantry | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:30, 8 September 2010
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Arkansas -> Early baseball in Arkansas/Predecessor Game 4 |
| Location | Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Year | 1864 |
| Month | 1 |
| Note on date | Possibly the 14th |
| City | Fort Smith |
| State | AR |
| Country | US |
| Name of game | Ball |
| Found by | Caleb Hardwick |
Private Henry A. Strong writes about camp entertainment in his journal on January 14th, 1964 in Fort Smith, AR:
"Ball playing is got to be a chief amusement. Well, anything to drive away the blues when a fellow is on short rations"
Sources
A Rough Introduction to This Sunny Land: The Civil War Diary of Private Henry A. Strong, Co. K, Twelfth Kansas Infantry
