Baseball In Washington During the Civil War

Baseball In Washington During the Civil War →

I’m really left without much to say about this article other than this is everything I ever wanted to know without knowing that I wanted to know it. Ya dig?

Plus, it may not be much, but I’ll take this as a sterling endorsement from the 16th President himself:

“…there are some credible first-hand accounts regarding Lincoln’s at least passing interest and approval of the game. Francis P. Blair’s grandson recalled years later that Lincoln occasionally joined in ballgames with the children during his visits to the Blairs’ Silver Springs country home just outside Washington: “We boys hailed his coming with delight because he would always join us… on the lawn. I remember vividly how he ran, how long were his strides, how far his coattails stuck out behind…”

Definitely click through and read he entire article if you enjoy the bizarre and strange growth of the game of baseball.

And because I’m not too proud to link within this webspace, you can catch up on some more 19th century baseball facts here.

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