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{{Chronology Entry |Year=1861 |Year Number=58 |Headline=13th Massachusetts looks forward to an "exciting game" |Salience=2 |Tags=Civil War, Holidays, Military, |Location=Maryland, |Coordinates=39.6006523, -77.82055079999998 |State=MD |City=Williamsport |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary |Age of Players=Adult |Holiday=Thanksgiving |Text=<p>The Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph, Nov. 23, 1861 prints a Nov. 15th letter from a soldier of the 13th MA, in Williamsport, MD: "We are to have a game of base ball on that day [Thanksgiving], between the right and left wings of the regiment, and it will be an exciting one. We also play frequently at foot-ball."</p> |Sources=<p>The Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph, Nov. 23, 1861</p> |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice |Reviewed=Yes |Has Supplemental Text=No |Country=United States }}
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