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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1864 | |Year=1864 | ||
|Year Number=27 | |||
|Headline=NH Officers and Men Together on the Ball Field | |Headline=NH Officers and Men Together on the Ball Field | ||
|Salience=3 | |Salience=3 | ||
|Tags=Civil War | |Tags=Civil War, Military, | ||
|Location=VA, | |||
|Coordinates=36.83185, -76.34288099999998 | |||
|State=VA | |||
|City=Petersburg | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>“During some portions of the winter of 1864-’65, in fine weather, the officers and men of the Eleventh often indulged in a friendly game of ball together. As they were playing one day, some general officers passed them on horseback, and one of them was overheard to remark, ‘That’s a good regiment, for the men and officers play ball together.’ Whoever that officer was, he never uttered truer words.”</p> | |||
<p>Leander W. Cogswell, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment</span> (Republican Press Assn, Concord NH, 18911), pages 396-397. From June 1864 to early April 1865, the 11<sup>th</sup> NH was part of the siege of Petersburg VA. The regiment formed in Concord NH.</p> | |||
|External Number=114 | |External Number=114 | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Text | “During some portions of the winter of 1864-’65, in fine weather, the officers and men of the Eleventh often indulged in a friendly game of ball together. As they were playing one day, some general officers passed them on horseback, and one of them was overheard to remark, ‘That’s a good regiment, for the men and officers play ball together.’ Whoever that officer was, he never uttered truer words.” Leander W. Cogswell, A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment (Republican Press Assn, Concord NH, 18911), pages 396-397. From June 1864 to early April 1865, the 11th NH was part of the siege of Petersburg VA. The regiment formed in Concord NH. |
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