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|Year=1863
|Year=1863
|Headline=First New  Jersey Brigade Plays Ball in 1863 and 1864.
|Headline=Twenty Sixth NJ 20, Second NY 12, in Virginia
|Text=<p>Spring 1863: “The boredom became unbearable s the winter wore on. Mud was everywhere, limiting outside activities . . . . By the end of February, they walker a mile for wood, and the distance increased each day. During the long days the men also played chess, checkers, cards, and, when weather permitted, baseball and other athletic pursuits.”</p><p>Spring 1864: “The men played baseball and football as the weather moderated. ‘The exercise will do more toward restoring health in the regiment than all the blue pills in the medical department,’ noted Lucien Voorhees. Some men secured boxing gloves, and daily fights were all the rage.</p><p>Bradley M. Gottfried, <u>Kearney’s Own: The History of the First New Jersey Brigade During the Civil War</u> (Rutgers U Press, 2005), pages 100 and 157. Gottfried does not document these observations, other than briefly noting [p. 107] the 1863 game between the 2<sup>nd</sup> and the 26<sup>th</sup> Regiments noted in file CW-66. In 1863 the Brigade wintered at White Oak Church near Falmouth VA. Accessed 6/14/09 on Google Books via “’kearny’s own’” search; available in limited preview format. </p>
|Text=<p>“On Saturday the 11<sup>th</sup> inst., a match game of ‘base ball’ came off upon the drill ground of the 1<sup>st</sup> N. J. Brigade, in Virginia, between the players of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Regt., and the 26<sup>th</sup>, the former being the challengers. It was witnessed with much interest by most of the Brigade . . . . “A challenge from the 26<sup>th</sup> is expected soon, when the 2<sup>nd</sup> hope to carry off the palm.” </p><p>“Local Matters. Base Ball in the Army,” Newark Daily Advertiser, April 15, 1863. Provided by John Zinn 3/10/09.<b> Note:</b> this game is also mentioned in passing in B. Gottfried, <u>Kearney’s Own: the History of the First Jersey Brigade in the Civil War</u> (Rutgers U Press, 2005), page 107. </p>
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Civil War
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“On Saturday the 11th inst., a match game of ‘base ball’ came off upon the drill ground of the 1st N. J. Brigade, in Virginia, between the players of the 2nd Regt., and the 26th, the former being the challengers. It was witnessed with much interest by most of the Brigade . . . . “A challenge from the 26th is expected soon, when the 2nd hope to carry off the palm.”

“Local Matters. Base Ball in the Army,” Newark Daily Advertiser, April 15, 1863. Provided by John Zinn 3/10/09. Note: this game is also mentioned in passing in B. Gottfried, Kearney’s Own: the History of the First Jersey Brigade in the Civil War (Rutgers U Press, 2005), page 107.

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