Wheelbarrow Race

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“Soldiers aparticipating in a wheelbarrow race. Thanksgiving festivities at Fort Pulaski, Ga., Thursday, November 27th, 1862. While the loyal citizens of the North were eating their turkeys the Federal soldiers in the South were also celebrating their Thanksgiving. We illustrate the amusement indulged in at Fort Pulaski, Ga. The grand attraction of the day, however, was th fete given by the officers of the Forty-eighth Regiment, New York Volunteers, Colonel Barton, and Company G, Third Rhode Island Regiment."— Frank Leslie, 1896

Keywords

Civil War, thanksgiving festivities, federal soldiers celebrating, fort pulaski, thanksgiving dinner, soldiers playing in a wheelbarrow race

Galleries

Georgia, Miscellaneous Civil War Illustrations, Miscellaneous Sports and Recreation

Source

Frank Leslie Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War (New York, NY: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1896)

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