Clipping:An early attribution of the spread of baseball to the Civil War

19C Clippings
	Clippings in 1853 Clippings in 1854 Clippings in 1855 Clippings in 1856 Clippings in 1857 Clippings in 1858 Clippings in 1859 Clippings in 1860 Clippings in 1861 Clippings in 1862 Clippings in 1863 Clippings in 1864 Clippings in 1865 Clippings in 1866 Clippings in 1867 Clippings in 1868 Clippings in 1869 Clippings in 1870 Clippings in 1871 Clippings in 1872 Clippings in 1873 Clippings in 1874 Clippings in 1875 Clippings in 1876 Clippings in 1877 Clippings in 1878 Clippings in 1879 Clippings in 1880 Clippings in 1881 Clippings in 1882 Clippings in 1883 Clippings in 1884 Clippings in 1885 Clippings in 1886 Clippings in 1887 Clippings in 1888 Clippings in 1889 Clippings in 1890
	Add a Clipping

Date	1864
Text	Ball players are being made by the hundred in our army. The few members of clubs that happen to get into the different regiments that have emanated from the Metropolis have inoculated the whole service with a love of the game, and during last year, for the first time, we believe, base ball matches took place in every State in the Union-- or out of it, as the case may be-- this side of the Mississippi. Materials are now furnished to the various regiments that require them, and this by order of the Government, and this year, unless some very stirring work is done, games of ball will be played throughout the country, not only by civilians in the great cities, but by our soldiers in every camp, North, East, West, and South.
Source	Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Tags
Warning
Comment	The Eagle seems unaware that by 1864 baseball was already played in every state. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Edit with form to add a query
Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

Comments