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Photographer: The Hilton Head Island Historical Society
Taken: `
Caption: "Robbers Row" Baseball, Port Royal Interpretive Marker
Additional Description: Before and during the Civil War, baseball was becoming extremely popular. On Hilton Head Island the soldiers and civilians found the game to be an excellent diversion for both players and the fans. In fact, baseball became so popular that an estimated 40,000 fans attended the Championship of Hilton Head on Christmas Day, 1862. No score was reported, but the Forty-eighth regiment of New York was the victor.
Submitted: August 30, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p75649
File Size: 0.580 Megabytes

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