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- 1862.31 + (<p>“The evening parade was an uncomm … <p>“The evening parade was an uncommonly nice one . . . . The new colors were all brought out and the effect was very pretty, as they were escorted out and back and saluted by all the officers and me. After parade came a game of base-ball for the captains and other officers, and in the sweet evening air and early moonlight we heard cheerful sounds all about us at the men sang patriotic songs, laughed and chatted, or danced jig to the sound of a violin.”</p></br><p>Eliza Howland, “Diary of Eliza Newton Woolsey Howland, April 1862, in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Letters of a Family During the War for the Union 1861-1865</span> [Pubr? Date?] Volume 1, page 360. Eliza Howland’s husband Joseph was an officer with the 16<sup>th</sup> New York Volunteers. The couple lived in Mattawan NY before the War. Provided by Jeff Kittell, 5/12/09. Available online at The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries Database, at <a href="http://solomon.cwld.alexanderstreet.com/">http://solomon.cwld.alexanderstreet.com/</a>. <strong>Note:</strong> can we determine the location of the event?</p></br><p>Per p. 284 of the Howland book, this took place April 3, 1862, in the camp of Slocum's division, near Fairfax, VA. [ba]</p> this took place April 3, 1862, in the camp of Slocum's division, near Fairfax, VA. [ba]</p>)