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|Headline=Artillerymen Play Artillerymen in VA |Location=VA

|First Newspaper Mention=1867/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|First Newspaper Mention=1874/05/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|First Newspaper Mention=1878/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|Headline=119th NY Plays in VA |Location=VA,

|First Newspaper Mention=1878/06/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|Name=Hill City Club of Lynchburg |Club Name=Hill City

|Headline=4th NY Battery Plays in VA |Location=VA,

|Location=VA |State=VA

|Headline=CT soldiers indulging in ball playing and swimming |Location=VA,

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|Headline=In VA Camp, “Base Ball was the Popular Amusement” |Location=VA,

|Headline=Weary Soldier Plays Ball a Little While |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Abingdon

|Headline=Ball playing popular in 1st Minnesota |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=Second NJ 27, First NJ 10, in Virginia Camp |Location=VA,

|Headline=8th Illinois Cavalry plays a game of ball |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Old Point

|Headline=126th NY has "a good game of base ball" |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Name=in Williamsburg in 1868 |State=VA

|Headline=13th NY plays 4th NY in Suffolk |State=VA

|Headline=English Residents of Richmond, VA Try Unsuccessfully to Form A Cricket Club, Then Try Base Ball |State=VA

|Headline=Drawing Shows 1st NJ Artillery Playing Ball Game on a Diamond |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=New England rules game in camp |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=RI Soldier Cites “:A Game in Our Regt, Nine Innings a Side” |Location=VA,

|Headline=Sgt. in the 6th Maine Reports “Huge Game of Ball” in VA |Location=VA,

|Headline=Right and Left wings of 13th NY in Suffolk, VA |Location=VA,

|Headline=Brooklyn Soldiers Play Ball “in Seccesia” |Location=VA,

|Headline=Playing ball during a bombardment |Location=VA,

|Headline=152nd NY plays "a game of ball" |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=Too Cold for Baseball in Confederate Camp |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Warrenton

|State=VA |City=Norfolk

|State=VA |City=Culpeper

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Location=VA |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=High-Stakes Matches Dot VA as Winter Camps Thaw Out |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Petersburg

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=Pork, Hard-Tack, Beans, and Baseball in the 5th Mass Artillery |Location=VA,

|State=VA |City=Portsmouth

|Headline=Second NJ Regiment Forms BB Club in Virginia Camp |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=James City

|Headline=Louisiana Confederates play in Virginia |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=Norfolk VA Cricket Club Reported |State=VA

|Headline=21st MA "played ball a good deal..." |Location=VA,

|Headline=11th MA and 26th PA Play by Mass Game Rules for $50 a Side. |Location=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Charlottesville

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Fincastle

|First Newspaper Mention=1878/07/10 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|State=VA |City=Staunton

|Headline=Soldiers' Christmas in Virginia - Ballplaying "on Many a Hillside" |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=NY Private Plays a Lot of Ball Over Seven Weeks |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Norfolk

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|Headline=Vermonters Play Manly Sport of Football, (and Base Ball) in Virginia |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Lexington

|State=VA |City=Winchester

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=Use in VA of "Base Ball" |State=VA

|Name=in Fortress Monroe in 1861 |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=Trophy Ball Kept in 22nd MA Regiment |Location=VA,

|Headline=10th Vermont Lieutenant Describes Ballplaying in Northern Virginia |Location=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Falmouth

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=In 19th MA Camp, “Base Ball Fever Broke Out” in 1863 |Location=VA

|State=VA |City=Emory (Emory College)

|Name=Second New Jersey Infantry v First New Jersey Infantry on 16 November 1861 |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Harrisonburg

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Norfolk

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=First and Second Nines of 9th NY Prevail at Yorktown VA |Location=VA,

|Location=VA |State=VA

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=

|State=VA |City=Leesburg

|State=VA |City=Fortress Monroe

|Headline=First New Jersey Brigade Plays Ball in 1863 and 1864. |Location=VA,

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|Headline=Chadwick Wants to Start Richmond VA Team, but the Civil War Intervenes |State=VA

|Title=Baseball and Richmond: A History of the Professional Game. 1884-2000 |Is in library=No

|State=VA |City=Brandy Station

|State=VA |City=Manchester

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|Headline=Ban in Richmond Threatens Fine, Whipping |State=VA

|Headline=Played ball "in a new way" |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|Headline=22^nd MA beats 13^th NY in the Massachusetts Game |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Norfolk

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Fairfax

|State=VA |City=Manchester

|Headline=Twenty-First CT plays baseball in camp |State=VA

|Headline=Town Ball club formed by Ohio Regiment in West Virginia |City=Fayetteville

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Harrisonburg

|Headline=Soildiers play "Baste ball" in Virginia |State=VA

|Headline=In Virginia, Two PA Regiments Play “Great Base Ball Game” |Location=VA,

|State=VA |City=Manchester

|Name=In Belle Plaine in 1863 |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Fredericksburg

|Headline=Excelsior Brigade plays base ball in camp |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Manchester

|State=VA |City=Falmouth

|Headline=Boy Plays Chermany and Prisoner's Base in Petersburg |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Petersburg

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|State=VA |City=Portsmouth

...eld hockey, in which players on two teams attempted to advance a ball with a club into the opposing team's goal.</p> ...NC banned the playing of bandy in the streets. In 1858 boys were arrested in DC for playing bandy on the streets (Washington Star, Nov. 27, 1858).</p>

|Headline=Seventh Wisconsin Infantry plays baseball in Petersburg tranches |State=VA

|Headline=51st Pennsylvania Plays Ball 1862-1864 in VA, KY, MD, Sometimes Daily. |City=

|State=VA |City=Fortress Monroe

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|State=VA |City=Warrenton

|First Newspaper Mention=1873/08/23 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|Headline=MA Regiment Organizes a Baseball Club |City=New Bern

|State=VA |City=Stafford

|State=VA |City=Fredericksburg

|Headline=Soldiers Play cricket in Virginia |State=VA

|Headline=Baseball in Culpeper Camp |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Norfolk

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|Headline=Eventual National League Prexy Sticks with Cricket in War Camp ...on turned my attention to base ball + played with the Olympic Club of this city from 1866 to 1870.&rdquo;</p>

|Name=In Norfolk in 1811 |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Petersburg

|Headline=Confederate Cavalry plays ball in WVA |City=Weston

|State=VA |City=Petersburg

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|City=Brooklyn ...o. These facts came to the knowledge of the Club, and they expelled him by a unanimous vote."</p>

|State=VA |City=Fredericksburg

|State=VA |City=Manchester

|State=VA |City=Staunton

|Name=In Petersburg in 1811 |State=VA

|Headline=Twenty Sixth NJ 20, Second NY 12, in Virginia |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Yorktown

|Name=In Winchester Circa 1835 |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Manchester

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|Headline=In Virginia: Select Nine 29, 2nd NJ Brigade 15 |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Appomattox

|State=VA |City=Fredericksburg

|State=VA |City=Manchester

|State=VA |City=Manchester

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|Name=In Richmond in 1795 |State=VA

|City=Roanoke Island ...puzzling delivery which baffled the batsmen. It was Alphonse Martin, first in line of great American pitchers.&rdquo;</p>

|Location=VA, |State=VA

|First Newspaper Mention=1867/07/04 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|Headline=New England Woman Sees Ballplaying in Virginia, Perhaps by "All Colors" |State=VA

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|Headline=As a Lad of 9, Hawthorne is Hurt Playing Ball at School, Sees 'Several Physician |City=Salem

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|Headline=4th NY and 13th NY Play Base Ball in VA |City=

|State=VA |City=Petersburg

|State=VA |City=Petersburg

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|City=Buffalo ...k a grand annual National Base Ball play, on the [county fair] ground, for a purse of $50, between the Tuscarora and the Seneca tribes of Indians."</p>

...otoball Chronology is [[Tom Altherr Dedication|Dedicated to Tom Altherr]] in appreciation of his work on early American ballplaying''' == [[A Few Dozen Most Prominent Baseball Milestones|See Just A Few Dozen of Baseball's Most Prominent Milestones]] ==

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|State=VA |City=Ashland

|State=VA |City=Petersburg

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Falmouth

...H. Diddelbock, official scorer of the Philadelphia Club, is most prominent in the new enterprise. Philadelphia Record September 9, 1883</p> ...ne. Representatives from these clubs will meet at Earle's Hotel, New York city, on September 25, to effect an organization. Philadelphia Record September

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|Name=in Brazzaville in 1958 |City=Brazzaville

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|City=New Bern ...Meteor Club of New Bern defeated the Unknowns of Beaufort 57-39, and gives a box score. The Wilmington Daily Journal, Jan. 1, 1867, quotes the New Bern

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|State=VA |City=Alexandria

|City=Raleigh <p>The <em>Petersburg Index</em>, March 11, 1867 noted a game in Raleigh between the National Base Ball Club of Raleigh and the Meteor Base

|Headline=Southern Officers Play Ball in Ohio Prison |City=Johnson's Island

|State=VA |City=Arlington

|Headline=Baseball Introduced to the Richmond Public as a Novelty From the North |State=VA

|Headline=SC soldier writes of chuck a luck and town ball in camp |City=Kinston

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|Location=PA, VA ...below.&nbsp; It appears to have been played at times from the 1850s-1890s in locations outside the northeast US:</p>

|State=VA |City=Richmond

|Title=switching a live and a dead ball; manipulating the score ...they were loudly hissed and jeered by the populace. The game stood 8 to 0 in favor of the Baltimoreans. The only conjecture offered to account for Swee

|City=Brooklyn |Game Official=Umpire, A.T. Pearsall (Excelsior); Scorer Eckford, D.J. McAslan; Scorer Atlantic, Bou

|Related Pages=Chronology:Civil_War, Chronology, Ballplaying in Civil War Camps ...the Civil War (Millen 2001; Kirsch 2003)<ref>George B. Kirsch, <u>Baseball in Blue and Gray</u> (Princeton U., 2003); Patricia Millen, <u>From Pastime to