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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1862
|Year Number=14
|Headline=22<sup>nd</sup> MA beats 13<sup>th</sup> NY in the Massachusetts Game
|Headline=22<sup>nd</sup> MA beats 13<sup>th</sup> NY in the Massachusetts Game
|Year=1862
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Location=New England
|Tags=Civil War, Holidays, Military,
|Tags=Holidays
|Location=Virginia,
|Text=<p>"Fast Day (at home) April 3, there was no drill, and twelve of our enlisted men challenged an equal number from the Thirteenth New York, to a game of base-ball, Massachusetts game. We beat the New-Yorkers, 34 to 10."</p>
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<p>J. L. Parker and R. G. Carter, <u>History of the Twenty-Second Massachusetts Infantry</u> (The Regimental Association, Boston, 1887), pages 79-80. Fast Day in MA was traditionally associated with ballplaying. The 22<sup>nd</sup> MA, organized in Lynnfield MA (about 15 miles N of Boston), was camped at Falmouth VA in April, as was the 13<sup>th</sup> NY. The 13<sup>th</sup> was from Rochester and would likely have known the old-fashioned game. PBall file: CW-126.</p>
|State=VA
|City=Falmouth
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"Fast Day (at home) April 3, there was no drill, and twelve of our enlisted men challenged an equal number from the Thirteenth New York, to a game of base-ball, Massachusetts game. We beat the New-Yorkers, 34 to 10."</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>J. L. Parker and R. G. Carter,&nbsp;<span>History of the Twenty-Second Massachusetts Infantry</span>&nbsp;(The Regimental Association, Boston, 1887), pages 79-80.&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>Fast Day in MA was traditionally associated with ballplaying. The 22<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;MA, organized in Lynnfield MA (about 15 miles N of Boston), was camped at Falmouth VA in April, as was the 13<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;NY. The 13<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;was from Rochester and would likely have known the old-fashioned game. PBall file: CW-126.</p>
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|Country=United States
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22nd MA beats 13th NY in the Massachusetts Game

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Holidays, Military
Location Virginia
City/State/Country: Falmouth, VA, United States
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
Text

"Fast Day (at home) April 3, there was no drill, and twelve of our enlisted men challenged an equal number from the Thirteenth New York, to a game of base-ball, Massachusetts game. We beat the New-Yorkers, 34 to 10."

 

Sources

J. L. Parker and R. G. Carter, History of the Twenty-Second Massachusetts Infantry (The Regimental Association, Boston, 1887), pages 79-80. 

Comment

Fast Day in MA was traditionally associated with ballplaying. The 22nd MA, organized in Lynnfield MA (about 15 miles N of Boston), was camped at Falmouth VA in April, as was the 13th NY. The 13th was from Rochester and would likely have known the old-fashioned game. PBall file: CW-126.

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