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Upon This Quiet Life

A blog about Shakespeare, Civil War history, baseball and maybe even a bit of quantum mechanics now and again

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Recruiting Editorial From the Journal

From the Louisville Journal, September 19, 1861 The Courier says that we announce very cooly and placidly that Col. Curran Pope's...

Crescent Edges the Olympic

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, June 29, 1867 BASE-BALL MATCH AT CEDAR HILL – The following is a summary of a match game of...

A Recruiting Ad for the Fifteenth Kentucky

From the Louisville Journal, September 18, 1861 Rally! boys! rally! beneath the Stars and Stripes; Rally! boys! rally! the traitor foe to...

Another Nail-Biter in Louisville!

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, July 25, 1867 THE JUVENILES – Two of our numerous juvenile base-ball clubs, the Active and the...

Announcing the Fifteenth's Officers

From the Louisville Journal, September 17, 1861 COL. POPE'S REGIMENT -- We state elsewhere that the skeleton of Col. Curran Pope's...

Another Pitcher’s Duel in Louisville

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, June 15, 1867 MATCH GAME OF BASE-BALL AT THE KENTUCKY MILITARY INSTITUTE – Below is the result of...

Frederick Forrest Brings His Lear to Louisville

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 2, 1845 Forrest in Lear – One of the London papers speaks of Forrest’s Lear as a splendid piece...

Captain Halpin's Letter to the Enquirer (Part 3 of 3)

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, April 3, 1862 . . . Our old friend, Dr. Muscroft, whom I have seen a few days ago, looks the picture of...

Baseball and Strawberries . . . because why not?

From the Louisville Daily Courier, June 10, 1867 Base-ball and Strawberries. A grand base ball match and strawberry festival is to come...

Captain Halpin's Letter to the Enquirer (Part 2 of 3)

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, April 3, 1862 . . . Such unanimity among the troops I never knew on any subject before. They justly say...

Much Ado About Louisville, 1836

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, October 15, 1836 Caldwell’s Theatre, Jefferson Street Mrs. Hunt’s Benefit This Evening, October 15,...

So Now Playing Baseball is Unhealthy Again?

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, October 10, 1866 A young man in Binghamton, New York, was recently struck with paralysis of the...

Can Anybody Here Pitch?

From the Louisville Daily Courier, August 6, 1866 Base-ball – An interesting game of base-ball was played on Saturday evening on the...

Major William Campbell Visits Louisville

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, March 10, 1862 Maj. W. P. Campbell, of the Fifteenth Kentucky Regiment, arrived from the interior of...

Maybe Baseball is Healthy After All (1866)

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, April 4, 1866 Base-ball – This admirable and healthy sport will be re-inaugurated by the Louisville...

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