The Brooklyn Daily Eagle's historical reports reveal significant events in military and social life on specific dates. In 1861, it announced the departure of the Fort Sumter garrison under Captain Doubleday to Chambersburg, following the movement of troops due to a scurvy outbreak. By 1893, the focus shifted to social life as resorts began developing golf grounds and tea houses, highlighting golf's emerging popularity among Americans, akin to its status in England. The construction of golf links marked a shift towards outdoor activities in leisure culture.
The Fort Sumter garrison, one hundred and twenty strong, under command of Captain Doubleday, left Fort Hamilton... for Jersey City... en route by rail for Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
All the summer resorts nearly are to have new golf grounds. One of the athletic clubs at Newport is preparing a pretty tea house in order to make golf as fashionable as tennis.
The ground over which golf is played is called the links and is a mile in extent. Holes about four inches in diameter are dug at a distance of about a quarter of a mile apart.
The more unequal the surface the better the fun of playing golf, as it becomes a game more enjoyable for participants.
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