Stranded in Fort Sumter during the incident that would later spark the American Civil War, the resident garrison fought boredom with, among other things, games of Leapfrog.

>They were all physically laboring very hard, of course, and this was taxing, and they lacked some things that had brightened their prior existence: tobacco, for example; the feel of grass beneath their feet. But they took their pleasures in odd moments. Some played “ball” for fun. >[…] >Some found amusement in the game of leapfrog. Others, for something different to do, rowed [Sumter](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/FortSumter2009.jpg)’s rowboat around and around the fort. Some men went fishing and actually caught a few blackfish and eels. _____________________________________ **Source:** Detzer, David. “Hostages.” *Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War*. New York: Harcourt, 2002. 173-74. Print. _____________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Fort Sumter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sumter)