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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1864
|Year=1864
|Year Number=27
|Headline=NH Officers and Men Together on the Ball Field
|Headline=NH Officers and Men Together on the Ball Field
|Text=<p>“During some portions of the winter of 1864-’65, in fine weather, the officers and men of the Eleventh often indulged in a friendly game of ball together. As they were playing one day, some general officers passed them on horseback, and one of them was overheard to remark, ‘That’s a good regiment, for the men and officers play ball together.’ Whoever that officer was, he never uttered truer words.”</p><p>Leander W. Cogswell, <u>A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment</u> (Republican Press Assn, Concord NH, <st1:postalcode w:st="on">18911</st1:postalcode>), pages 396-397. From June 1864 to early April 1865, the 11<sup>th</sup> NH was part of the siege of Petersburg VA. The regiment formed in Concord NH. </p>
|Salience=3
|Salience=3
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Civil War, Military,
|Location=VA,
|Coordinates=36.83185, -76.34288099999998
|State=VA
|City=Petersburg
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>&ldquo;During some portions of the winter of 1864-&rsquo;65, in fine weather, the officers and men of the Eleventh often indulged in a friendly game of ball together. As they were playing one day, some general officers passed them on horseback, and one of them was overheard to remark, &lsquo;That&rsquo;s a good regiment, for the men and officers play ball together.&rsquo; Whoever that officer was, he never uttered truer words.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Leander W. Cogswell, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment</span> (Republican Press Assn, Concord NH, 18911), pages 396-397. From June 1864 to early April 1865, the 11<sup>th</sup> NH was part of the siege of Petersburg VA. The regiment formed in Concord NH.</p>
|External Number=114
|External Number=114
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=27
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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“During some portions of the winter of 1864-’65, in fine weather, the officers and men of the Eleventh often indulged in a friendly game of ball together. As they were playing one day, some general officers passed them on horseback, and one of them was overheard to remark, ‘That’s a good regiment, for the men and officers play ball together.’ Whoever that officer was, he never uttered truer words.”

Leander W. Cogswell, A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment (Republican Press Assn, Concord NH, 18911), pages 396-397. From June 1864 to early April 1865, the 11th NH was part of the siege of Petersburg VA. The regiment formed in Concord NH.

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