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General Patterson Moves Toward Virginia
General Robert Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport,
Maryland and moves towards Harper's Ferry.
On a lighter note the Washington Nationals baseball club was
defeated by a team from the 71st New York Regiment in the
"President's Backyard" (the Ellipse) by a score of 41 to 13. When
the 71st New York returned to the Defenses of Washington in
1862, the teams played a rematch, which the Nationals won 28 to
13, mainly because some of the 71st's best athletes had been
killed at Bull Run only weeks after their first game.
General Robert Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport,
Maryland and moves towards Harper's Ferry.
On a lighter note the Washington Nationals baseball club was
defeated by a team from the 71st New York Regiment in the
"President's Backyard" (the Ellipse) by a score of 41 to 13. When
the 71st New York returned to the Defenses of Washington in
1862, the teams played a rematch, which the Nationals won 28 to
13, mainly because some of the 71st's best athletes had been
killed at Bull Run only weeks after their first game.