Early baseball in Georgia/Game 3

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Location	Georgia
Year	1865
Month	1
Date	5
City	Americus
State	GA
Country
Site	Andersonville POW Camp
Was NY rules baseball	Unknown
Played by	Non-locals
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The January 5, 1865 diary entry of W. H. Smith, a prisoner of war at Andersonville POW camp, says “Capt. Wirz gives me a pass to go to hospital. Have been down there all afternoon playing ball.”

Andersonville is in western Georgia. It is about 55 miles E of Columbus GA, which is on the Alabama border.