John Zinn presents Baseball During the Civil War Era

John’s talk is tailored toward early Pennsylvania baseball history, with a special focus on the 1866 season, where a Philadelphia team was one of two championship contenders.  One of John’s five books is entitled “A Cradle of the National Pastime: New Jersey Baseball.”

John Zinn is an independent historian with a special interest in the history of baseball. He is the Chairman of the Board of the New Jersey Historical Society and was the Chair of New Jersey’s Committee on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. John is the author of five books, including The Mutinous Regiment: the 33d New Jersey and the Civil War.  He also writes a blog on baseball history entitled “A Manly Pastime”.  He is the tally keeper/score keeper for the Flemington Neshanock vintage base ball (2 words in the 19th century) team that plays barehanded. John holds BA and MBA degrees from Rutgers University, and he is a Vietnam veteran.