Mansfield Club Grounds, also known as Mansfield Park and Fort Hill Grounds, is a former baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 ground located in Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles south of Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated as a town under its original Indian name, Mattabeseck. It received its present name in 1653. In 1784, the central...

. The ground was home to the Middletown Mansfields

Middletown Mansfields

The Middletown Mansfields were a Baseball team in Middletown, Connecticut. The Mansfields were a member of the National Association in 1872. The baseball team was organized by Ben Douglas Jr., who named the team after his great-uncle General Joseph Mansfield. They were managed by catcher John...

 baseball club during the 1872 season, from May 2nd until July 4th. Like the team, it was named after Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 General Joseph K. Mansfield

Joseph K. Mansfield

Joseph King Fenno Mansfield was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.-Early life:...

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The land for the ballpark, which overlooked Middletown, the Connecticut River

Connecticut River

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, and the Valley Railroad

Valley Railroad (Connecticut)

The Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Connecticut originally founded in 1868. It is best known for operating the Essex Steam Train and the Essex Clipper Dinner Train.-Essex Steam Train and Riverboat:...

, was donated in 1871 by Dewitt Clinton Sage who owned a brick factory in Middletown. The former site is now a residential development.