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An exciting game of base ball
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
Location | United StatesUnited States |
City/State/Country: | Falmouth, VA, United States |
Modern Address | |
Game | Base BallBase Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
Holiday | |
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Text | "April 11 [1863].—An exciting game of “base-ball;” was played to-day near our camp, between boys of the Fourteenth Brooklyn and the Harris Light. The contest resulted in a drawn game, so that neither could claim the victory. " These were cavalry regiments in camp near Falmouth, VA |
Sources | Glazier, "Three Years in the Federal Cavalry" (187) p. 165 |
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Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1863.140 An exciting game of base ball"
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