Early baseball in South Carolina/Game 2
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| Location | South Carolina |
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| Year | 1862 |
| Month | 12 |
| Date | 25 |
| City | Hilton Head |
| State | SC |
| Country | |
| Modern address | Hiltoin Head SC |
| Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
| Played by | Non-locals |
| Team 1 | team from the 165th NY Infantry |
| Team 2 | team from the 47th and 48th NY |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
This famous game was played Christmas Day at Hilton Head, before some 10,000 spectators, between the nine of the 165th NY Infantry, and a team from the 47th and 48th NY Infantry. All three regiments were from NYC/Brooklyn, and presumably the members played amateur NY-style ball.
Hilton Head is on the Atlantic coast, about 70 miles SW of Charleston SC.
Sources
Kirsch, "Baseball in Blue & Gray", and online sources.
