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{{Chronology Entry |Year=1863 |Year Number=17 |Headline=In 19th MA Camp, “Base Ball Fever Broke Out” in 1863 |Salience=3 |Tags=Civil War, Military, |Location=VA |Country=United States |Coordinates=38.3240166, -77.4683177 |State=VA |City=Falmouth |Immediacy of Report=Retrospective |Age of Players=Adult |Text=<p>John G. B. Adams of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment: “While in camp at Falmouth [VA] the base ball fever broke out. It was the old-fashioned game, where a man running the bases must be hit by the ball to be declared out. It started with the men, then the officers began to play, and finally the 19<sup>th</sup> challenged the 7<sup>th</sup> Michigan to play for sixty dollars a side. . . . The game was played and witnessed by nearly all of our division, and the 19<sup>th</sup> won. The one hundred and twenty dollars was spent for a supper . . . . It was a grand time, and all agreed that it was nicer to play <em>base </em>than <em>minié</em> [bullet] ball.”</p> <p>Capt. John G. B. Adams, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment</span> (Wright and Potter, Boston, 1899), pp 60-61. Accessed 6/8/09 on Google Books via “reminiscences nineteenth” search. The regiment arose in northern MA, near the NH border.</p> |Sources=<p>Adams, <span>Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment</span> (Wright and Potter, Boston, 1899), pp 60-61. </p> |Comment=<p>From the reference to plugging, it's probable that the Massachusetts rules game was played.</p> |External Number=50 |Reviewed=Yes |Has Supplemental Text=No }}
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