In Beaufort in 1862

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Date of Game 1862
Location Beaufort, SC, United States
Description In  the Spring of 1862, while in camp in Beaufort, SC, the 79th NY Infantry, a Scottish-American unit known as the Highlanders, played "Base Ball and Cricket" to "occupy some of our leisure moments."
Sources Todd, "The Seventy-Ninth Highlanders" p. 119
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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location SC



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