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<p><span>1861-1865 -&nbsp;</span><em>Note:</em><span>&nbsp;Protoball has a Separate Compilatio

...his is the only reference to ballplaying in the book, which covers 1861 to 1865. Accessed 6/6/09 on Google Books via &ldquo;baquet &lsquo;first brigade&rsq

|Headline=NY game, Mass game, Cricket co-exist ...pularity is solidified. The New York Game emerges from the war years (1861-1865) as the game of choice. The Massachusetts Game, though played throughout th

...ds were described as "east of the fair grounds" (Freeport Journal, Oct. 4, 1865). The old fair grounds, described as being on "Lincoln Ave.," were sold in ...une 15, 1861. Soldiers played base ball while in the camp. See Chronology, 1861.38.</p>

<p>The&nbsp;<em>Hartford Courant</em>, Oct. 3, 1865 mentions the Agallian BBC of Wesleyan U., Middletown.</p> |Sources=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Hartford Courant</em>, Oct. 3, 1865</p>

...oolteacher, he enlisted in the 68th Ohio regiment as a private in October, 1861. Although he wasn't listed as wounded, he was discharged under a surgeon's ...erved as a United States Detective in Nashville after the war, and in June 1865 he had set up, with fellow Rock City member Edward W. Metcalf, the Cumberla

...own, 1900). Accessed on Google books 6/2/09, via &ldquo;story of the twenty-first&rdquo; search. The regiment was recruited in Eastern CT in late summer

...“has knocked sports out of business.” Kirsch’s book ends by claiming a post-war baseball boom. These distinguished authors back up these claims with var ...teams, with large increases in 1859 and 1860, came to a screeching halt in 1861, only to explode again in 1866 and 1867:

<p>Metcalf joined the 129th Indiana infantry regiment in 1861, at the age of , and fought at the Battle of Nashville in late 1864. He was ...low Union veteran and later Rock City teammate, Julius C. Hart. Around 1866-67, Metcalf also served as the city editor for the <em>Nashville Press and T

...laying games, some of them pitting different regiments, starting in August 1861. A General Hayes is mentioned as watching several games, sometimes along wi ...n: underline;">Canadian Journal of History of Sport</span>, May 1978, pp 17-18.</p>

...ck and saluted by all the officers and me. After parade came a game of base-ball for the captains and other officers, and in the sweet evening air and e ...oration: underline;">Letters of a Family During the War for the Union 1861-1865</span> [Pubr? Date?] Volume 1, page 360. Eliza Howland&rsquo;s husband Jose

*[[1854 Unified Knickerbocker-Eagle-Gotham Rules]] *[[1861 NABBP Rules]]

...ivil War scholar Bruce Allardice added this context to the recollected Army-wide "championship game":</p> ...Eureka BBC. Linen later headed the bank, hence the mention in the book. In 1865 Linen organized the Wyoming BBC of Scranton, which changed its name to the

|Headline=The Term "Foul Line" Appears in Sunday Mercury Report on Excelsior-Atlantic Game ...en struck a ball, which touching the ground inside of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">foul line</span>, bounded far off into the foul dist

...season became the leading slow pitcher of this section of the country. In 1865, the Mutuals succeeded in getting him in their Nine, then one of the strong

|Game Eras=1700s, 1800s, Contemporary, Post-1900, Pre-1700, Predecessor ...all.&nbsp; However, it shares many of base ball's key characteristics: base-running, batting, pitching (bowling), innings, etc.&nbsp; And the physical d

...ay-Aug. 1861, Dec. 1862-July 1863, Nov. 1863-Mar. 1864, and Aug. 1864-Apr. 1865) recording the Civil War experiences of Andrew J., McConnell,17th SC, writt ...background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Locations represented include camps in S.C. at Fort Pickens

...the Chicago Tribune, Jan. 29, Feb. 10, 1864. Also foot-ball. Same, June 3, 1865.</p> ...ub. It was on a piece of land east of where Ontario Street (at that time) T-ed into Michigan Avenue. Today's Ontario Street continues several blocks eas

...on I program in the country. The team had no losing seasons during the 19th-century."</p> ...count from university archives that either in 1859 or 1860, a "Fordham Base-Ball team, known as the Rose Hills, captained by the late Frank Oliver, Fath