Play Ball! (1 Viewer)

[jazzeum]

Members of a Zouave regiment take time out from fighting to play some baseball or town ball as it was called then.



Figures by Ted Toys

 

[jazzeum]

By 1856 some were referring to baseball as the National Pastime and the game had seen the advent of the New York game, which had more rules than town ball.

During the Civil War both sides played the game, wherever they could. In 1862 an Ohio private wrote home from Virginia "The report of musketry is heard but a very little distance from us...yet over on the other side of the road is most of our company, playing Bat Ball and perhaps in half an hour they may be called to play a Ball Game of a more serious matter."

 

[Fitzgibbon]

A novel subject out of left field - well done :salute::

 

[Poppo]

Very nice:salute::

 

[jazzeum]

Thanks for the comments and the likes. Poppo, I know that Ted Toys makes a Confederate version, if you're interested.

Brad