Early baseball in Illinois/Game 4
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Location | Illinois |
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Year | 1864 |
Note on date | Sometime in 1864 |
City | Rock Island |
State | Illinois |
Country | |
Site | Rock Island POW Camop |
Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
Played by | Non-locals |
Confederate army prisoners at the Rock Island, Illinois POW Camp, played baseball there. See Ben McAdams, Rebels at Rock Island (2000), p. 68, citing the diary of J. W. Minnich, Private 6th Louisiana Infantry.
Sources
Ben McAdams, Rebels at Rock Island (2000), p. 68