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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1863
|Year=1863
|Year Number=12
|Headline=Line Officers of 17th Maine Play 9 Innings for an Oyster Dinner
|Headline=Line Officers of 17th Maine Play 9 Innings for an Oyster Dinner
|Text=<p>“What think you, man of pen and scissors, of our hardships and sufferings, including the rigors of a winter campaign and other poetical ideas, when I tell you that the line officers of our Regiment played a match game of base ball last Saturday. The contest was between the right and left wings for the purpose of ascertaining which party should pay the expenses of an oyster supper.” The Left Wing won, 24-21, in a game evidently played by NY rules – nine players played nine innings and with 27 outs.</p><p>“From the 17<sup>th</sup> Maine Regiment,” <u>Lewiston</u><u> [Me] Daily Evening Journal</u>, March 23, 1863, page 1. Provided by Michael Aubrecht, May 15, 2009. The printed missive, signed “Right Wing,” is headed “Camp Pitcher near Falmouth, VA, March 15<sup>th</sup> 1863.” The full text of the Regiment’s history, <u>The Red Diamond Regiment,</u> by William Jordan, is not accessible online as of June 2009. Lewiston ME is about 35 miles N of Portland. </p>
|Salience=3
|Salience=3
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Civil War, Military,
|Location=VA,
|Coordinates=38.3240166, -77.4683177
|State=VA
|City=Falmouth
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>&ldquo;What think you, man of pen and scissors, of our hardships and sufferings, including the rigors of a winter campaign and other poetical ideas, when I tell you that the line officers of our Regiment played a match game of base ball last Saturday. The contest was between the right and left wings for the purpose of ascertaining which party should pay the expenses of an oyster supper.&rdquo; The Left Wing won, 24-21, in a game evidently played by NY rules &ndash; nine players played nine innings and with 27 outs.</p>
<p>&ldquo;From the 17<sup>th</sup> Maine Regiment,&rdquo; <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lewiston</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> [Me] Daily Evening Journal</span>, March 23, 1863, page 1. Provided by Michael Aubrecht, May 15, 2009. The printed missive, signed &ldquo;Right Wing,&rdquo; is headed &ldquo;Camp Pitcher near Falmouth, VA, March 15<sup>th</sup> 1863.&rdquo; The full text of the Regiment&rsquo;s history, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Red Diamond Regiment,</span> by William Jordan, is not accessible online as of June 2009. Lewiston ME is about 35 miles N of Portland.</p>
|External Number=45
|External Number=45
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=12
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Line Officers of 17th Maine Play 9 Innings for an Oyster Dinner

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location VA
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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“What think you, man of pen and scissors, of our hardships and sufferings, including the rigors of a winter campaign and other poetical ideas, when I tell you that the line officers of our Regiment played a match game of base ball last Saturday. The contest was between the right and left wings for the purpose of ascertaining which party should pay the expenses of an oyster supper.” The Left Wing won, 24-21, in a game evidently played by NY rules – nine players played nine innings and with 27 outs.

“From the 17th Maine Regiment,” Lewiston [Me] Daily Evening Journal, March 23, 1863, page 1. Provided by Michael Aubrecht, May 15, 2009. The printed missive, signed “Right Wing,” is headed “Camp Pitcher near Falmouth, VA, March 15th 1863.” The full text of the Regiment’s history, The Red Diamond Regiment, by William Jordan, is not accessible online as of June 2009. Lewiston ME is about 35 miles N of Portland.

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