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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1862 | |Year=1862 | ||
|Year Number=37 | |||
|Headline=Thanksgiving and Foot-ball . . . and Base-Ball | |Headline=Thanksgiving and Foot-ball . . . and Base-Ball | ||
|Salience=3 | |Salience=3 | ||
| | |Tags=Civil War, Military, | ||
| | |Location=Maryland, | ||
|Coordinates=39.2903848, -76.61218930000001 | |||
|State=MD | |||
|City=Baltimore | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>A soldier in the 18<sup>th</sup> CT, Charles Lynch spent Thanksgiving at a camp near Baltimore. “November. The most important event was our first Thanksgiving in camp. Passed very pleasantly. A good dinner, with games of foot and base-ball.”</p> | |Text=<p>A soldier in the 18<sup>th</sup> CT, Charles Lynch spent Thanksgiving at a camp near Baltimore. “November. The most important event was our first Thanksgiving in camp. Passed very pleasantly. A good dinner, with games of foot and base-ball.”</p> | ||
<p>After Appomattox, Lynch wrote: June 5<sup>th</sup>: . . . Thank God the cruel war is over. Playing ball, pitching quoits, helping the farmers, is the way we pass the time while waiting for orders to be mustered out. We have many friends in this town and vicinity.” These are the only references in the diary to ballplaying. In June Lynch was stationed in Martinsburg WV, about 30 miles west of Frederick MD and 75 miles northwest of Washington.</p> | <p>After Appomattox, Lynch wrote: June 5<sup>th</sup>: . . . Thank God the cruel war is over. Playing ball, pitching quoits, helping the farmers, is the way we pass the time while waiting for orders to be mustered out. We have many friends in this town and vicinity.” These are the only references in the diary to ballplaying. In June Lynch was stationed in Martinsburg WV, about 30 miles west of Frederick MD and 75 miles northwest of Washington.</p> | ||
<p>Charles H. Lynch, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Civil War Diary 1862-1865</span> (private printing, 1915), page 11, page 154. Accessed on Google books 6/2/09 via “charles h. lynch” search. Lynch, and presumably much of the regiment, was from the Norwich CT area. Lead provided by Jeff Kittel, 5/12/09.</p> | <p>Charles H. Lynch, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Civil War Diary 1862-1865</span> (private printing, 1915), page 11, page 154. Accessed on Google books 6/2/09 via “charles h. lynch” search. Lynch, and presumably much of the regiment, was from the Norwich CT area. Lead provided by Jeff Kittel, 5/12/09.</p> | ||
|External Number=25 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
|Country=United States | |||
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| Location | MarylandMaryland |
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| Text | A soldier in the 18th CT, Charles Lynch spent Thanksgiving at a camp near Baltimore. “November. The most important event was our first Thanksgiving in camp. Passed very pleasantly. A good dinner, with games of foot and base-ball.” After Appomattox, Lynch wrote: June 5th: . . . Thank God the cruel war is over. Playing ball, pitching quoits, helping the farmers, is the way we pass the time while waiting for orders to be mustered out. We have many friends in this town and vicinity.” These are the only references in the diary to ballplaying. In June Lynch was stationed in Martinsburg WV, about 30 miles west of Frederick MD and 75 miles northwest of Washington. Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary 1862-1865 (private printing, 1915), page 11, page 154. Accessed on Google books 6/2/09 via “charles h. lynch” search. Lynch, and presumably much of the regiment, was from the Norwich CT area. Lead provided by Jeff Kittel, 5/12/09. |
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