Early baseball in Mississippi/Club 15

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Location	Mississippi
Year	1866
Month	11
Note on date	No later than November 1866
City	Vicksburg
State	MS
Nickname	Mississippi Valley
First in Mississippi	Yes
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Vicksburg Daily Times, November 13, 1866, reports: “A game of Base Ball came off yesterday at the Arsenal grounds…. Messrs. Wentz and Borden were captains of the rival sides.” The New Orleans Times, December 27, 1866 says the Mississippi Valley Base Ball Club of Vicksburg has come to New Orleans to play.

Vicksburg (1910 pop. about 14,800) is on the Mississippi River about halfway up the state's western border and about 40 miles W of Jackson, which is near the center of the state.

Sources

Vicksburg Daily Times, November 13, 1866