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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1862 | |||
|Year Number=19 | |||
|Headline=The 39<sup>th</sup> Massachusetts Plays Ball | |Headline=The 39<sup>th</sup> Massachusetts Plays Ball | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location= | |Tags=Civil War, Holidays, Military, | ||
| | |Location=Maryland, | ||
|Text=<p>The regimental history of the 39<sup>th</sup> MA has two passing references to ballplaying. | |Country=United States | ||
<p>Alfred S. Roe, < | |Coordinates=39.0457549, -76.6412712 | ||
|State=MD | |||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>The regimental history of the 39<sup>th</sup> MA has two passing references to ballplaying. On Thanksgiving Day of 1862, "There was a release from the greater part of camp duties and the time thus secured was devoted to baseball, football and other diversions so easily devised by the American youth" [p. 50]. The regimental camp was in southern MD, within 15 miles of Washington. April 2, 1863 "was the regular New England Fast Day, and a holiday was proclaimed by the Colonel . . . . [T]here was no failure in taking part in the races, sparring-matches, and various games, of at least witnessing them. The baseball game was between the men of Sleeper's Battery and those selected from the 39<sup>th</sup> with the honors remaining with the Infantry, though the cannoneers were supposed to be particularly skillful in the throwing of balls." [page 64]. The regiment was now in Poolesville MD, about 30 miles NW of Washington.</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p>Alfred S. Roe, <span>The Thirty-Ninth Regiment. Massachusetts Volunteers 1862-1865</span> (Regimental Veteran Association, Worcester, 1914). Accessed 6/3/09 on Google Books via "'thirty-ninth' roe" search. PBall file: CW-26.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>The regiment was drawn from the general Boston area.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Tags | Civil War, Holidays, MilitaryCivil War, Holidays, Military |
| Location | MarylandMaryland |
| City/State/Country: | MD, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
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| Text | The regimental history of the 39th MA has two passing references to ballplaying. On Thanksgiving Day of 1862, "There was a release from the greater part of camp duties and the time thus secured was devoted to baseball, football and other diversions so easily devised by the American youth" [p. 50]. The regimental camp was in southern MD, within 15 miles of Washington. April 2, 1863 "was the regular New England Fast Day, and a holiday was proclaimed by the Colonel . . . . [T]here was no failure in taking part in the races, sparring-matches, and various games, of at least witnessing them. The baseball game was between the men of Sleeper's Battery and those selected from the 39th with the honors remaining with the Infantry, though the cannoneers were supposed to be particularly skillful in the throwing of balls." [page 64]. The regiment was now in Poolesville MD, about 30 miles NW of Washington.
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| Sources | Alfred S. Roe, The Thirty-Ninth Regiment. Massachusetts Volunteers 1862-1865 (Regimental Veteran Association, Worcester, 1914). Accessed 6/3/09 on Google Books via "'thirty-ninth' roe" search. PBall file: CW-26. |
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