Title
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (And Away From Camp): How Soldiers Used Sports to Cope During War Time
Class Year
2018
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
1-6-2016
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Snowball fights during the Civil War were a pretty big deal.
In fact, sports and fitness in general played a role in shaping ideals of honor, courage, and idolization among the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia, and they proved to have an impact on the life of the individual soldier by distracting him (or possibly her) from the monotonous routine of camp life and establishing bonds of comradeship. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Jensen, Anika N., "Take Me Out to the Ball Game (And Away From Camp): How Soldiers Used Sports to Cope During War Time" (2016). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 129.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/129
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.