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In James Longstreet’s memoir he says of his school days, "I had more interest in the school of the soldier, horsemanship, exercise, and the outside game of foot-ball than in the academic courses". When he say “foot ball”, what sport is he referring to?

by /u/MaxwellThePrawn in /r/AskHistorians

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