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Brooklyn Soldiers Play Ball “in Seccesia”
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Civil War, MilitaryCivil War, Military |
| Location | VAVA |
| City/State/Country: | Fairfax, VA, United States |
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| Text | “In October 1861 a ‘bold soldier boy’ sent the Clipper an account of a baseball game played by prominent Brooklyn club members on the parade ground of the ‘Mozart Regiment, now in Secessia.’” The Mozart Regiment was the 40th NY volunteers, and originally comprised men [mostly] from the NYC area. The writer added that the were times when the men were “engaged in their old familiar sports, totally erasing from their minds the all-absorbing topic of the day.” It appears that the regiment was in northernmost Virginia in October 1861, defending Washington. Attributed to a soldier, apparently, in an article in the New York Clipper, October 26, 1861, page 220, (per Kirsch book). A more extensive report of the Mozart regiment's play (same games?) is in the New York Sunday Mercury, Oct. 20, 1861, Oct. 27, 1861. |
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| Comment | At the time the 40th was stationed at Camp Sedgwick, near Fairfax, VA. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| External Number | 5 |
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1861.25 Brooklyn Soldiers Play Ball “in Seccesia”"
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