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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1862
|Year=1862
|Year Number=39
|Headline=Vermonters Play Manly Sport of Football, (and Base Ball) in Virginia
|Headline=Vermonters Play Manly Sport of Football, (and Base Ball) in Virginia
|Text=<p>Thanksgiving in Fairfax County in northernmost VA: “At 2 o’clock, the regiment turned out on the parade ground. The colonel had procured a foot ball. Sides were arranged by the lieutenant colonel and two or three royal games of foot ball – most manly of sports, and closest in its mimicry of actual warfare – were played. . . . Many joined in games of base ball; others formed rings and watched friendly contests of the champion wrestlers of the different companies . . . . It was a “tall time” all around.”</p><p>George G. Benedict, “Letter from George Grenville Benedict, December 6, 1862,” <u>Army Life in Virginia: Letters from the Twelfth Regiment</u> (Free Press, Burlington, 1895), pp 80-81. Accessed 6/3/09 on Google Books via “army life in Virginia” search. Benedict, from Burlington, had been an editor and postmaster before the Civil War, and later became a state senator. The regiment appears to have been raised in the Burlington area. Submitted by Jeff Kittel, 5/12/09. </p>
|Salience=3
|Salience=3
|Tags=Civil War
|Tags=Civil War, Holidays, Military,
|Location=VA,
|Coordinates=38.84622359999999, -77.30637330000002
|State=VA
|City=Fairfax
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Age of Players=Adult
|Holiday=Thanksgiving
|Text=<p>Thanksgiving in Fairfax County in northernmost VA: &ldquo;At 2 o&rsquo;clock, the regiment turned out on the parade ground. The colonel had procured a foot ball. Sides were arranged by the lieutenant colonel and two or three royal games of foot ball &ndash; most manly of sports, and closest in its mimicry of actual warfare &ndash; were played. . . . Many joined in games of base ball; others formed rings and watched friendly contests of the champion wrestlers of the different companies . . . . It was a &ldquo;tall time&rdquo; all around.&rdquo;</p>
<p>George G. Benedict, &ldquo;Letter from George Grenville Benedict, December 6, 1862,&rdquo; <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Army Life in Virginia: Letters from the Twelfth Regiment</span> (Free Press, Burlington, 1895), pp 80-81. Accessed 6/3/09 on Google Books via &ldquo;army life in Virginia&rdquo; search. Benedict, from Burlington, had been an editor and postmaster before the Civil War, and later became a state senator. The regiment appears to have been raised in the Burlington area. Submitted by Jeff Kittel, 5/12/09.</p>
|External Number=27
|External Number=27
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=39
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Country=United States
}}
}}

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Vermonters Play Manly Sport of Football, (and Base Ball) in Virginia

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Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
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Thanksgiving in Fairfax County in northernmost VA: “At 2 o’clock, the regiment turned out on the parade ground. The colonel had procured a foot ball. Sides were arranged by the lieutenant colonel and two or three royal games of foot ball – most manly of sports, and closest in its mimicry of actual warfare – were played. . . . Many joined in games of base ball; others formed rings and watched friendly contests of the champion wrestlers of the different companies . . . . It was a “tall time” all around.”

George G. Benedict, “Letter from George Grenville Benedict, December 6, 1862,” Army Life in Virginia: Letters from the Twelfth Regiment (Free Press, Burlington, 1895), pp 80-81. Accessed 6/3/09 on Google Books via “army life in Virginia” search. Benedict, from Burlington, had been an editor and postmaster before the Civil War, and later became a state senator. The regiment appears to have been raised in the Burlington area. Submitted by Jeff Kittel, 5/12/09.

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