Union soldiers playing cards and drinking on Federal Hill, Baltimore, c. 1864

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Nice photo, they certainly appear relaxed here. We were discussing louse races, etc. last week. There are lots of interesting recreational threads to see on the website.
 
You just know there were running card games spanning days in camps. Photographers seem smitten by men everywhere through the war playing cards, don't they?

Not just the outside scenes- they set them up in studios too. Funny how ' cards ' and ' drink ' go together.

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I think this is the 134th Illinois
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LoC, also this image of patriotic pack for playing cards.
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