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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1862 | |||
|Year Suffix=c | |Year Suffix=c | ||
|Year= | |Year Number=3 | ||
|Headline=Marylander Sees Officers Play Base Ball | |Headline=Marylander Sees Officers Play Base Ball | ||
|Text=<p> | |Salience=3 | ||
| | |Tags=Civil War, Military, | ||
|Text=<p>“[A] wheelbarrow race and a contest to catch two greased pigs rounded out the Christmas Day festivities for a soldier from Maryland, after he witnessed the officers of his company play three innings of baseball.”</p> | |||
<p>Patricia Millen, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">From Pastime to Passion: Baseball and the Civil War</span> (Heritage, 2001), page 23. Millen’s citation: John Cumming, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Runners and Walkers: A Nineteenth Century Sports Chronicle</span> (Regnary Gateway, Chicago, 1981), page 65. Full text of this book is unavailable online July 2009: a snippet view on Google Books via “’runners and walkers’ 1981” search does not include a reference to the officers’ game, nor indicate a time or year for a Christmas celebration.</p> | |||
|External Number=148 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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Text | “[A] wheelbarrow race and a contest to catch two greased pigs rounded out the Christmas Day festivities for a soldier from Maryland, after he witnessed the officers of his company play three innings of baseball.” Patricia Millen, From Pastime to Passion: Baseball and the Civil War (Heritage, 2001), page 23. Millen’s citation: John Cumming, Runners and Walkers: A Nineteenth Century Sports Chronicle (Regnary Gateway, Chicago, 1981), page 65. Full text of this book is unavailable online July 2009: a snippet view on Google Books via “’runners and walkers’ 1981” search does not include a reference to the officers’ game, nor indicate a time or year for a Christmas celebration. |
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