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- 1862.30 + (<p>“Sometimes the war disrupted thes … <p>“Sometimes the war disrupted these pastimes . . . . In the spring of 1862 a game between the Fifty-Seventh and Sixty-Ninth Regiments of New York Jacob Cole was lying on the ground watching the match when he heard a ‘rumbling noise.’ When Cole and his friend stood up they heard nothing, but when they put their ears to the ground Cole told his friend that ‘our boys are fighting.’ He remembered: ‘Hardly had I spoken before orders came to report to our regiments at once. So the ball game came to a sudden stop never to resume.’”</p></br><p>Source: Kirsch, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in Blue and Gray</span> (Princeton U, 2003), pages 41-42. Kirsch does not supply a primary source. It appears that Cole was in the 57<sup>th</sup> NY, and that the story of the interrupted ball game was carried in Jacob H. Cole, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Under Five Commanders: or, A Boy’s Experience with the Army of the Potomac </span>(News Printing Company, 1909), p. [?]. Accessed as snippet-view text May 31, 2009. <strong>Note:</strong> Can we confirm the source, determine where this game took place, and assess the credibility of Cole’s account?</p></br><p>Per p. 30 of the Cole book, this took place May 31, 1862, near the battle of Seven Pines, VA, a few miles east of Richmond. [ba]</p>e of Seven Pines, VA, a few miles east of Richmond. [ba]</p>)