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Hawkins' Zouaves Play 51st NY

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location VA
City/State/Country: Newport News, VA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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The New York Sunday Mercury, March 29, 1863 reports that at Newport News on the 24th, the first nine of Hawkins' Zoauves (9th NY) Played a match game with the first nine of the 51st NY, winning 21-10. A box score is given. The report notes that several names will be familiar to those in the baseball fraternity.

Whitney, "The Hawkins Zouaves" p. 173 says these two regiments played March 4, 7, and 24.

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