Early baseball in Texas/Game 5
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|Pagetext=Union prisoners at the Camp Ford POW Camp in Tyler played baseball. See A. J. H. Duganne, Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf (1865), chapter 40, the Harpers Weekly, March 4, 1863, as well as more modern sources. | |Pagetext=Union prisoners at the Camp Ford POW Camp in Tyler played baseball. See A. J. H. Duganne, Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf (1865), chapter 40, the Harpers Weekly, March 4, 1863, as well as more modern sources. | ||
| + | Tyler TX is about 100 miles E of Dallas. | ||
|Sources=See A. J. H. Duganne, Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf (1865), chapter 40, the Harpers Weekly, March 4, 1863, as well as more modern sources. | |Sources=See A. J. H. Duganne, Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf (1865), chapter 40, the Harpers Weekly, March 4, 1863, as well as more modern sources. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:59, 23 October 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Texas -> Early baseball in Texas/Game 5 |
| Location | Texas |
|---|---|
| Year | 1863 |
| City | Tyler |
| State | TX |
| Country | |
| Site | Camp Ford POW Camp |
| Modern address | Tyler TX |
| Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
| Played by | Non-locals |
| Team 1 | Union army POWs |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Union prisoners at the Camp Ford POW Camp in Tyler played baseball. See A. J. H. Duganne, Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf (1865), chapter 40, the Harpers Weekly, March 4, 1863, as well as more modern sources.
Tyler TX is about 100 miles E of Dallas.
Sources
See A. J. H. Duganne, Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf (1865), chapter 40, the Harpers Weekly, March 4, 1863, as well as more modern sources.
