1862.58

2nd Mass Troops Beat 3rd Wisconsin Regiment, 75 to 7

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military
Location
City/State/Country:	Harrisonburg, VA, United States
Modern Address
Game	Massachusetts GameMassachusetts Game
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
Notables
Text	The men of the Wisconsin 3d challenged our men to a game of base ball & this afternoon it was played & at the end the tally stood 75 for our side & 7 for theirs so I hardly think they will care to play a return match; we have some of the best players of quite a celebrated ball club from Medway & some of the play was admirable.
Sources	Letter from Captain Richard Cary, 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, May 3, 1862. Reported in The Beehive, the official blog of the Massachusetts Historical Society, April 5, 2012.
Warning
Comment	Protoball wonders if the Mass Game was in fact unfamiliar in WI. Medway was a leading MA-rules club before the War. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Do we know the location of these Regiments in May 1862? Who was Captain Cary writing to? The 2nd MA and 3rd WI were at/near Harrisonburg, VA on May 3, 1862. This entry is based on the letters of Cary to his wife, at the MA Historical Society. [ba] Edit with form to add a query
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External Number
Submitted by	Paul Johnson
Submission Note	email of August 2015
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