1863.84

1st MA versus 16th MA

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military
Location	VAVA
City/State/Country:	Falmouth, VA, United States
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Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
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Text	The Boston Post, April 30, 1863 prints a letter from Camp Falmouth, dated April 26: "The men of the 1st Mass. and 16th Mass. having played a match game of base ball, and the 1st being worsted, the officers of the 1st Mass. challenged the officers of the 16th Mass. to play a game; the challenge was accepted; the game came off yesterday, and resulted in favor of the 16th, they winning in thirteen innings." The teams had 12 a side. This appears to be the same set of games mentioned in John Hildreth Atkins (ed.), "1863 Civil War Diary" [of Corporal John A. Irving]: "April 22. No drill today. A base ball match between the 16th Mass. The 16th Mass. won the game."... April 25: "No duty today. The officers played a match game of baseball."
Sources	The Boston Post, April 30, 1863
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Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
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