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Union Men Celebrate Thanksgiving with “Grand Game of Townball”
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, Holidays, MilitaryCivil War, Holidays, Military |
| Location | VAVA |
| City/State/Country: | VA, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Town BallTown Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | Thanksgiving |
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| Text | “During the [Thanksgiving] holiday of 1863, twenty picked men from the brigade [2nd Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac] and some of the members of the old ‘Honey Run Club’ from the Germantown, Pennsylvania area reportedly played ball.” Patricia Millen, Passion to Pastime: Baseball and the Civil War (Heritage Books, 2001), page 24. Millen cites the New York Clipper for November 14th and November 28, 1863. The location of the game is not indicated in the book. See also 1862.84. The Clipper of Nov. 14th indicates that the game would be town ball, played on the 25th at the parade ground of the 2nd brigade, 2nd division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac, then stationed in VA. |
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| External Number | 84 |
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1863.49 Union Men Celebrate Thanksgiving with “Grand Game of Townball”"
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