Early baseball in Virginia/Club 19

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Location	Virginia
Year	1866
Month	10
Modern address	Petersburg VA
City	Petersburg
State	VA
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Alexandria Gazette, October 30, 1866 notes that Petersburg has just organized a baseball club.

Petersburg VA (current pop. about 32,500) is about 25 miles S of Richmond VA and about 55 miles N of the North Carolina border.

Sources

Alexandria Gazette, October 30, 1866