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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1864
|Year=1864
|Year Number=29
|Headline=Two NY Regiments Play “Grand Game on the Parade Ground” in VA
|Headline=Two NY Regiments Play “Grand Game on the Parade Ground” in VA
|Text=<p>“During the winter the ground was occasionally covered with snow and battles with snow balls took place, different regiments challenging each other. When the weather was pleasant baseball became popular, and there were many excellent players on the Third Brigade. These games were watched by great crowds with intense interest. On April 18<sup>th</sup>, the 49<sup>th</sup> and 77<sup>th</sup> Regiments played a grand game on the parade ground.”</p><p>F. D. Bidwell, <u>History of the Forty-Ninth New York Volunters</u> (J. B. Lyon, Albany, 1916), pages 28-29. Accessed on Google Books 6/27/09 via “forty-ninth new” search. The regiment formed in the Buffalo area, and was at Falmouth VA on April 18. </p>
|Salience=3
|Salience=3
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Civil War, Military,
|Location=VA,
|Coordinates=37.4315734, -78.65689420000001
|State=VA
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>&ldquo;During the winter the ground was occasionally covered with snow and battles with snow balls took place, different regiments challenging each other. When the weather was pleasant baseball became popular, and there were many excellent players on the Third Brigade. These games were watched by great crowds with intense interest. On April 18<sup>th</sup>, the 49<sup>th</sup> and 77<sup>th</sup> Regiments played a grand game on the parade ground.&rdquo;</p>
<p>F. D. Bidwell, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">History of the Forty-Ninth New York Volunters</span> (J. B. Lyon, Albany, 1916), pages 28-29. Accessed on Google Books 6/27/09 via &ldquo;forty-ninth new&rdquo; search. The regiment formed in the Buffalo area, and was at Falmouth VA on April 18.</p>
|External Number=133
|External Number=133
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=29
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Two NY Regiments Play “Grand Game on the Parade Ground” in VA

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Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
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“During the winter the ground was occasionally covered with snow and battles with snow balls took place, different regiments challenging each other. When the weather was pleasant baseball became popular, and there were many excellent players on the Third Brigade. These games were watched by great crowds with intense interest. On April 18th, the 49th and 77th Regiments played a grand game on the parade ground.”

F. D. Bidwell, History of the Forty-Ninth New York Volunters (J. B. Lyon, Albany, 1916), pages 28-29. Accessed on Google Books 6/27/09 via “forty-ninth new” search. The regiment formed in the Buffalo area, and was at Falmouth VA on April 18.

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