Memphis Captain gives Promotion

Mississippi Historical Society publication of Centenary Series Vol. II 1861-1865

  Printed for the Society 1918

Excerpt 1:

The Noxubee Squadron, Mississippi Cavalry---Deupree

"In camp that night, the men of our company indulged in chess, checkers, cards, and other amusements, necessary to relieve the anxieties of the day. As is well known, chess is emphatically a game of war;
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José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban Chess Champion, in Memphis–1909, 1910, & 1915

According to A History of Tennessee Chess by Peter P. Lahde  and The Unknown Capablanca edited by Hooper and Brandeth, four Capablanca simultaneous exhibitions took place in Memphis TN.