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- 1864.34 + (<p>“[The 10<sup>th</sup> … <p>“[The 10<sup>th</sup> and?] the 2<sup>nd</sup> RI are to have a grand match of Base Ball to day. a few days ago they played a game of Wicket with the 37<sup>th</sup> and our boys beat them handsomely . . . .[Source letter not available on Google Books.]</p></br><p>“Our Regiment played another match game of Base Ball with the 2<sup>nd</sup> RI to day and beat them as usual. They played a second game of Wicket with the 37<sup>th</sup> last Saturday and beat them again worse than the first time.</p></br><p>“I was out with the Officers of our Regt and the 7<sup>th</sup> this morning playing Wicket when I got hit in the eye with the ball which has blacked it most beautifully. My eye is ornamented with a black spot as big as a silver dollar, if you can remember the size of one of those, I had almost forgotten it.” The last two passages are from an April 26, 1864 letter home.</p></br><p>Charles Harvey Brewster, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">When This Cruel War is Over: the Civil War Letters of Charles Harvey Brewster</span> (UMass Press, 1992), pages 284 and 288. Accessed 7/709 on Google Books [in limited preview], via “brewster ‘when this cruel’” search. From the apparent context, this passage appears in a chapter covering March to June 1864, when the 10<sup>th</sup> MA was near Brandy Station VA. The regiment was from Springfield in western Massachusetts, and the 37<sup>th</sup> MA formed in Pittsfield MA.</p>andy Station VA. The regiment was from Springfield in western Massachusetts, and the 37<sup>th</sup> MA formed in Pittsfield MA.</p>)