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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1862
|Year=1862
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=35
|Headline=Massachusetts Officers Play Ball in May, on July 4
|Headline=Massachusetts Officers Play Ball in May, on July 4
|Text=<p>May:  “One of the boys in a letter home vividly describes a hailstorm . . . ‘one day we had a regular hailstorm . . . The boys were out playing ball when it commenced sprinkling, and they thought it wasn’t going to be much of a shower, they kept right on playing, when all of a sudden came the [hail] stones, and the boys put for their tents . . . Queer weather here!’”</p><p>July 4: “Some of the officers played baseball and drill was neglected.” </p><p>Alfred S. Roe, <u>The Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1866</u> (Twenty-Fourth Veteran Association, Worcester, 1907), pages 112 and 135. Accessed on Google books 6/2/09 via “twenty-fourth regiment” search. The regiment’s officers were mostly from Boston. The regiment, organized at Readville, 10 miles SW of Boston, and was at Seabrook Island SC on these dates.  </p>
|Salience=3
|Salience=3
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Civil War, Military,
|Location=South Carolina,
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=32.5771277, -80.17065199999999
|State=SC
|City=Seabrook Island
|Modern Address=
|Game=
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Age of Players=Adult
|Holiday=
|Notables=
|Text=<p>May: &ldquo;One of the boys in a letter home vividly describes a hailstorm . . . &lsquo;one day we had a regular hailstorm . . . The boys were out playing ball when it commenced sprinkling, and they thought it wasn&rsquo;t going to be much of a shower, they kept right on playing, when all of a sudden came the [hail] stones, and the boys put for their tents . . . Queer weather here!&rsquo;&rdquo;</p>
<p>July 4: &ldquo;Some of the officers played baseball and drill was neglected.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Alfred S. Roe, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1866</span> (Twenty-Fourth Veteran Association, Worcester, 1907), pages 112 and 135. Accessed on Google books 6/2/09 via &ldquo;twenty-fourth regiment&rdquo; search. The regiment&rsquo;s officers were mostly from Boston. The regiment, organized at Readville, 10 miles SW of Boston, and was at Seabrook Island SC on these dates.</p>
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|External Number=23
|External Number=23
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Massachusetts Officers Play Ball in May, on July 4

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location South Carolina
City/State/Country: Seabrook Island, SC, United States
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
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May: “One of the boys in a letter home vividly describes a hailstorm . . . ‘one day we had a regular hailstorm . . . The boys were out playing ball when it commenced sprinkling, and they thought it wasn’t going to be much of a shower, they kept right on playing, when all of a sudden came the [hail] stones, and the boys put for their tents . . . Queer weather here!’”

July 4: “Some of the officers played baseball and drill was neglected.”

Alfred S. Roe, The Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1866 (Twenty-Fourth Veteran Association, Worcester, 1907), pages 112 and 135. Accessed on Google books 6/2/09 via “twenty-fourth regiment” search. The regiment’s officers were mostly from Boston. The regiment, organized at Readville, 10 miles SW of Boston, and was at Seabrook Island SC on these dates.

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