1863.140

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An exciting game of base ball

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location United States
City/State/Country: Falmouth, VA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
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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