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RI Soldier Cites “:A Game in Our Regt, Nine Innings a Side”
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | VAVA |
| City/State/Country: | VA, United States |
| Modern Address | |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | “We are enjoying our share of April showers . . . the soldiers prayer is that it may continue to rain until the 5th of June. When it is pleasant the boys are at their games of ball. Yesterday we had a game in our Regt 9 innings to a side. One side got 34 tallies the other 28. There was some fine playing. [4/15/1864].” Letter from Corporal Henry Blanchard, 2nd Rhode Island, as cited in an auction lot accessed online June 20, 2009, by a Google Web search for “’lot 281 civil war’ RI”. Blanchard was at Camp Sedgwick near Petersburg VA in April. He was killed three weeks later in the Battle of the Wilderness. One can infer that Blanchard was new to a nine-inning game, presumably the New York game, and he uses the term “tallies” usually seen in the New England game. |
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| Comment | Camp Sedgwick was in northern VA. FORT Sedgwick was near Petersburg, and not built after the Battle of the Wilderness. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| External Number | 104 |
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1864.18 RI Soldier Cites “:A Game in Our Regt, Nine Innings a Side”"
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