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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1863
|Year=1863
|Headline=New Jersey Eighth Trims New Jersey Fifth, 50 to15
|Year Number=31
|Text=<p>“A match game at Base Ball occurred between selected nines of the Fifth and Eighth New Jersey Regiments on Tuesday last, resulted in favor of the Eighth by a score of 50 to 15. . . . On the second innings the Eighth Regiment made 14 runs.”</p><p>“Base Ball in the Army,” <u>Trenton</u><u> State</u><u> Gazette</u>, April 30, 1863. Accessed May 20, 2009 via Genealogybank subscription.  According to a fellow named Abner Doubleday, the 5<sup>th</sup> NJ was part of a “brilliant Counter-charge at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3: thus, the regiment and the match must have been in Virginia. [See A. Doubleday, <u>Chancellorsville and Gettysburg</u> (Scribners, New York, 1882), page 47.] An identical article appeared in the <u>Newark Daily Advertiser</u> on April 28, 1863 [provided by John Zinn on 3/10/09], and in the <u>Daily State Gazette and Republican</u> [City?] on 4/30/1864 [provided by John Maurath on 1/18/2009]. </p>
|Headline=New Jersey Eighth Trims New Jersey Fifth, 50 to 15
|Salience=3
|Salience=3
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Civil War, Military,
|Location=VA,
|Coordinates=38.3240166, -77.4683177
|State=VA
|City=Falmouth
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>&ldquo;A match game at Base Ball occurred between selected nines of the Fifth and Eighth New Jersey Regiments on Tuesday last, resulted in favor of the Eighth by a score of 50 to 15. . . . On the second innings the Eighth Regiment made 14 runs.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Base Ball in the Army,&rdquo; <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Trenton</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> State</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Gazette</span>, April 30, 1863. Accessed May 20, 2009 via Genealogybank subscription. According to a fellow named Abner Doubleday, the 5<sup>th</sup> NJ was part of a &ldquo;brilliant Counter-charge at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3: thus, the regiment and the match must have been in Virginia. [See A. Doubleday, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chancellorsville and Gettysburg</span> (Scribners, New York, 1882), page 47.] An identical article appeared in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Newark Daily Advertiser</span> on April 28, 1863 [provided by John Zinn on 3/10/09], and in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Daily State Gazette and Republican</span> [City?] on 4/30/1864 [provided by John Maurath on 1/18/2009].</p>
|External Number=64
|External Number=64
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=31
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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New Jersey Eighth Trims New Jersey Fifth, 50 to 15

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location VA
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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“A match game at Base Ball occurred between selected nines of the Fifth and Eighth New Jersey Regiments on Tuesday last, resulted in favor of the Eighth by a score of 50 to 15. . . . On the second innings the Eighth Regiment made 14 runs.”

“Base Ball in the Army,” Trenton State Gazette, April 30, 1863. Accessed May 20, 2009 via Genealogybank subscription. According to a fellow named Abner Doubleday, the 5th NJ was part of a “brilliant Counter-charge at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3: thus, the regiment and the match must have been in Virginia. [See A. Doubleday, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg (Scribners, New York, 1882), page 47.] An identical article appeared in the Newark Daily Advertiser on April 28, 1863 [provided by John Zinn on 3/10/09], and in the Daily State Gazette and Republican [City?] on 4/30/1864 [provided by John Maurath on 1/18/2009].

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