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|Text=<p>&ldquo;In October 1861 a &lsquo;bold soldier boy&rsquo; sent the <em>Clipper</em> an account of a baseball game played by prominent Brooklyn club members on the parade ground of the &lsquo;Mozart Regiment, now in Secessia.&rsquo;&rdquo; The Mozart Regiment was the 40<sup>th</sup> NY volunteers, and originally comprised men [mostly] from the NYC area. The writer added that the were times when the men were &ldquo;engaged in their old familiar sports, totally erasing from their minds the all-absorbing topic of the day.&rdquo; It appears that the regiment was in northernmost Virginia in October 1861, defending Washington.</p>
|Text=<p>&ldquo;In October 1861 a &lsquo;bold soldier boy&rsquo; sent the <em>Clipper</em> an account of a baseball game played by prominent Brooklyn club members on the parade ground of the &lsquo;Mozart Regiment, now in Secessia.&rsquo;&rdquo; The Mozart Regiment was the 40<sup>th</sup> NY volunteers, and originally comprised men [mostly] from the NYC area. The writer added that the were times when the men were &ldquo;engaged in their old familiar sports, totally erasing from their minds the all-absorbing topic of the day.&rdquo; It appears that the regiment was in northernmost Virginia in October 1861, defending Washington.</p>
<p>Attributed to a soldier, apparently, in an article in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Clipper</span>, October 26, 1861, page 220, (per Kirsch book).</p>
<p>Attributed to a soldier, apparently, in an article in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Clipper</span>, October 26, 1861, page 220, (per Kirsch book).</p>
<p>A more extensive report of the Mozart regiment's play (same game?) is in the New York Sunday Mercury, Oct. 20, 1861.</p>
<p>A more extensive report of the Mozart regiment's play (same games?) is in the New York Sunday Mercury, Oct. 20, 1861, Oct. 27, 1861.</p>
|Comment=<p>At the time the 40th was stationed at Camp Sedgwick, near Fairfax, VA.</p>
|Comment=<p>At the time the 40th was stationed at Camp Sedgwick, near Fairfax, VA.</p>
|External Number=5
|External Number=5

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Brooklyn Soldiers Play Ball “in Seccesia”

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Tags Civil War, Military
Location VA
City/State/Country: Fairfax, VA, United States
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“In October 1861 a ‘bold soldier boy’ sent the Clipper an account of a baseball game played by prominent Brooklyn club members on the parade ground of the ‘Mozart Regiment, now in Secessia.’” The Mozart Regiment was the 40th NY volunteers, and originally comprised men [mostly] from the NYC area. The writer added that the were times when the men were “engaged in their old familiar sports, totally erasing from their minds the all-absorbing topic of the day.” It appears that the regiment was in northernmost Virginia in October 1861, defending Washington.

Attributed to a soldier, apparently, in an article in the New York Clipper, October 26, 1861, page 220, (per Kirsch book).

A more extensive report of the Mozart regiment's play (same games?) is in the New York Sunday Mercury, Oct. 20, 1861, Oct. 27, 1861.

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At the time the 40th was stationed at Camp Sedgwick, near Fairfax, VA.

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