1864.1: Difference between revisions
Bsallardice (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
(Set Country to United States) |
||
Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
|Country=United States | |||
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 10:18, 16 June 2019
Prominent Milestones |
Misc BB Firsts |
Add a Misc BB First |
About the Chronology |
Tom Altherr Dedication |
Add a Chronology Entry |
Open Queries |
Open Numbers |
Most Aged |
Southern Soldier Notes Repeated Ballplaying, Including Game of Cat
Salience | Peripheral |
---|---|
Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
Location | VAVA |
City/State/Country: | Chancellorsville, VA, United States |
Modern Address | |
Game | |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
Holiday | |
Notables | |
Text | Finding, on the Chancellorsville battlefield, a partly used diary in the abandoned knapsack of a Union soldier from the 87th NY, Robert T. Douglass started making entries in May 1864. “May 26 . . . Quite pleasant this afternoon. Played a game of ball with my friends in the 40th Va. Reg.” “May 27. . . . Relieved from guard this morning. Out in the field playing ball with a portion of the 40th Reg.” “May 28. . . . Played ball.” “May 30. . . . Played ball this evening for sport as I had nothing else to do. Bad news from home.” “June 2. . . . Played ball this afternoon. No news in camp of any importance.” “June 11 . . . . Played a game of ball called cat.” Douglass returned the diary to its original owner in 1867. Provided by Michael Aubrecht, May 15, 2009. The diary is also found online: Google web search: “douglass diary morrisville.” Note: Douglass’ unit appears to have stayed near the Stafford/Chancellorsville area in May and June. His diary entries continue through 1863 but have no additional ballplaying references. Accessed online 6/15/09. |
Sources | |
Warning | |
Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
Query | Edit with form to add a query |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
External Number | 76 |
Submitted by | |
Submission Note | |
Has Supplemental Text |
Comments
<comments voting="Plus" />