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<p>Query: Where is "Rock City?" Is it a nickname for Chattanooga? Is there any connection to the Little Rock Arkansas club (1867-1869) of the same name? [see <a class="external free" title="http://arkbaseball.com" href="http://arkbaseball.com" rel="nofollow">http://arkbaseball.com</a>.] Little Rock AR is about 350 miles SW of Nashville.</p>
<p>Query: Where is "Rock City?" Is it a nickname for Chattanooga? Is there any connection to the Little Rock Arkansas club (1867-1869) of the same name? [see <a class="external free" title="http://arkbaseball.com" href="http://arkbaseball.com" rel="nofollow">http://arkbaseball.com</a>.] Little Rock AR is about 350 miles SW of Nashville.</p>
<p>Query: Mister Google thinks that Fort Gillem, located near Atlanta, was built in 1917. But there was also such an istallation in Nashville in the 1860s.</p>
<p>Query: Mister Google thinks that Fort Gillem, located near Atlanta, was built in 1917. But there was also such an istallation in Nashville in the 1860s.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>"Cumberland Base Ball Club."&nbsp;</span><em>The Nashville Daily Union</em><span>&nbsp;21 April 1866: 3.&nbsp;</span><em>Chronicling America</em><span>&nbsp;Web. 4 Feb. 2014&nbsp;</span><a class="external free" href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-04-21/ed-1/seq-3/" rel="nofollow">http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-04-21/ed-1/seq-3/</a></p>
|Comment=<p>"Rock City" was a nickname for Nashville in the 19th century. See the book "Nashville, Tennessee: The Rock City of the Great and Growing South," published around 1900. http://books.google.com/books?id=nCptNQEACAAJ</p>
|Comment=<p>"Rock City" was a nickname for Nashville in the 19th century. See the book "Nashville, Tennessee: The Rock City of the Great and Growing South," published around 1900. http://books.google.com/books?id=nCptNQEACAAJ</p>
<p><br />There was also a Rock City club in Culleoka, TN later on, but this club was most likely based in Nashville. --Christopher Ryland</p>
<p><br />There was also a Rock City club in Culleoka, TN later on, but this club was most likely based in Nashville. --Christopher Ryland</p>

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Nick Name Cumberland
Earliest Known Date Friday, April 20, 1866
Location Nashville, TN, United States
Description

The Nashville Union, April 21, 1866 announces that the Cumberland Base Ball Club was formed yesterday, and that a game between Cumberland and the Rock City Base Ball Club will be played near Fort Gillem “today”.

Query: Where is "Rock City?" Is it a nickname for Chattanooga? Is there any connection to the Little Rock Arkansas club (1867-1869) of the same name? [see http://arkbaseball.com.] Little Rock AR is about 350 miles SW of Nashville.

Query: Mister Google thinks that Fort Gillem, located near Atlanta, was built in 1917. But there was also such an istallation in Nashville in the 1860s.

Sources

"Cumberland Base Ball Club." The Nashville Daily Union 21 April 1866: 3. Chronicling America Web. 4 Feb. 2014 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-04-21/ed-1/seq-3/

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"Rock City" was a nickname for Nashville in the 19th century. See the book "Nashville, Tennessee: The Rock City of the Great and Growing South," published around 1900. http://books.google.com/books?id=nCptNQEACAAJ


There was also a Rock City club in Culleoka, TN later on, but this club was most likely based in Nashville. --Christopher Ryland

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Found by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Nashville, TN
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Year Games Wins Losses Ties
1866 7 Played 5 Won 2 Lost 0 Tied

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Page Date City Borough State Team 1 Team 2 Score First in Contributor
Ballgame 1866-05-12 Nashville TN Cumberland Base Ball Club of Nashville Rock City Base Ball Club of Nashville 66 - 15 Christopher Ryland
Ballgame 1866-05-19 Nashville TN Rock City Base Ball Club of Nashville Cumberland Base Ball Club of Nashville 26 - 61 Christopher Ryland
Ballgame 1866-06-21 East Nashville TN Rock City Base Ball Club of Nashville Cumberland Base Ball Club of Nashville 27 - 52 East Nashville, TN Christopher Ryland
Ballgame 1866-07-31 Nashville TN Cumberland Base Ball Club of Nashville Louisville Base Ball Club 23 - 39
Ballgame 1866-08-16 Louisville KY Cumberland Base Ball Club of Nashville Louisville Base Ball Club 11 - 71 Christopher Ryland
Ballgame 1866-09-29 Nashville TN Cumberland Base Ball Club of Nashville Rock City Base Ball Club of Nashville 71 - 23 Christopher Ryland
Ballgame 1866-11-30 Nashville TN Stonewall Base Ball Club of Edgefield Cumberland Base Ball Club of Nashville 43 - 56 Christopher Ryland
Ballgames with Scores: 7, Average Runs: 41.71, Average Winning Runs: 59.43, Average Losing Runs: 24.00

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Players

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A. Hamilton 1866 Founder, Initial Officer
Bonafon 1866
John W. Dickens 1866 Founder, Initial Officer
F. Sanford 1866 Founder, Initial Officer
Henry F. Roll 1866 Later Officer
Hopkins 1866
Miller 1866
Norton 1866
Sandford 1866
Schrieber 1866
Shannon 1866
Sparling 1866
Sullivan 1866
White 1866
Whitney 1866 Founder, Initial Officer

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Fort Gillem 1866
South Nashville Street Railroad Terminus 1866

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