Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 6

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Location West Virginia
Year 1866
Month 7
City Charles Town
State WV
Nickname Stonewall BBC
Found by Bruce Allardice

William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 10 says the Stonewall BBC of Charles Town organized in July 1866, followed soon by the Jefferson and Old Dominion BBCs.

The Stonewall contained a large number of Confederate army veterans of the "Stonewall" Brigade.

Charles Town WV (current pop. about 5,200) is at the eastern edge of WV and about 30 miles S of Hagerstown MD.

Sources

William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"

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