1863.48
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11th MA and 26th PA Play by Mass Game Rules for $50 a Side.
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | VAVA |
| City/State/Country: | Falmouth, VA, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | “That June a correspondent to the [New York] Clipper reported a match following the Massachusetts game rules played for $50 a side between Massachusetts’ Eleventh Regiment and the Twenty Sixth of Pennsylvania. He noted: ‘we have four clubs in our brigade, and there are several more in the division.’” George B. Kirsch, Base Ball in Blue Gray (Princeton U Press, 2003), page 39. The 26th had fought in the May 1863 Chancellorsville battle, seems likely to be in Virginia in June, perhaps back at Falmouth. Kirsch does not specify the date of the Clipper article. It seems unusual that a MA – PA game would have been featured in a New York paper. Note: can we locate this article? |
| Sources | New York Clipper, June 20, 1863 |
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| Comment | Clipper article says it was played to 75 runs, implying a MA rules game. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| External Number | 83 |
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1863.48 11th MA and 26th PA Play by Mass Game Rules for $50 a Side."
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