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<p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Game reported in the U&A on 4/24/1862 from: </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Headquarters 13</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> Reg’t N. Y. S. V. Tues, 4/15/1862</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">“On Monday morning at daylight 200 of our regiment and a part of the 22</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">nd</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> Mass. started out on picket.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Companies A, F, D, G, E., and a part of I, were on the reserve, with about the same proportion of the 22</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">nd</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> Mass.- </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the rest were on the outposts.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The reserve lay in sight of the rebel fortifications, and the pickets were posted almost (you may say) under their guns.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Two pieces of the 5</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> Mass. Battery were on picket with us.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">At about half past 10 o-clock some one[sic] proposed a game of Base Ball.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Sides were chosen and it commenced.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">While we are on picket reserve our guns are stacked, but we must keep on our traps; so you see we played with a load about equal to two overcoats on our backs.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It was decidedly “cool” to play a game of Base Ball in sight of the enemy’s breastworks mounted with heavy 64’s and 32’s.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Below I give the score of the game.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The game was finished before dinner time, and we pitched into our rations of hard bread and “salt horse” with a will.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">That devoured, some lay down for a nap and rest, others to play euchre or “sity-six.”</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile the ball was getting a new cover made from the leg of a fine calf boot found there on the ground. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I will make no remarks on the game, but leave you to judge by the score how close a thing it was, and how well played.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> [<em>Note: </em>a b</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ox score included which indicated 9 players and nine innings listing players names and H. L. and runs for each and by innings:</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Final score 13-6.] </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">At about half-past 12 o’clock we were suddenly called to our feet by the report that the rebels were throwing up a fort to the left of our line of pickets, about half a mile away, and Capt. Griffin took his Battery over and commenced on them with shell, which they replied to, but without any damage. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">At about 3 o’clock another game of Ball was proposed, and we fell in with our traps on, (by the way, they were not taken off after we left camp), chose sides, and commenced with our ball with a new cover.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Scott’s side again takes the first innings.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">You will see by the score that there was better playing than in the morning. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">During the game Capt. Griffin’s battery was giving the rebels “balls on the fly,” which I think they would have preferred to “</span><em><span style="font-size: medium;">muff.</span></em><span style="font-size: medium;">”</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Nothing disturbed the game until suddenly the cry of “Coffee!”</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">was raised, and time was called about five minutes, when it was again resumed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">While the game was going on Gen. McClellan and Gen. Porter passed by, with three aids, on their way to the outpost pickets.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The rebel balloon again made its appearance.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It is a hot air balloon, and does not stay up long enough to get any information of account.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The game was finished just as the cry of “coffee from camp for Company A,” was raised, and away we went for our cups, took a dip, and cut again.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> ( a second </span><span style="font-size: medium;">box score included which again indicated</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">9 players and 9 innings; H. L. and Runs.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Final score of 14-12. </span></span></p>
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