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Bookmark or Share- Abner Doubleday - WikipediaAbner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
- Who Invented Baseball? | HISTORYYou may have heard that a young man named Abner Doubleday invented the game known as baseball in Cooperstown, New York, during the summer of 1839. Doubleday then went on to become a Civil War...
- 'His Best Day During the Civil War': How Abner Doubleday Helped the ...Doubleday first saw combat in the Civil War during the Second Battle of Bull Run in Virginia in August 1862; a month later, he was at the Battle of Antietam in Maryland -- the bloodiest day of...
- Abner Doubleday | American Battlefield TrustI f you’re a baseball fan and Civil War enthusiast, chances are you’ve heard of Abner Doubleday. This Union general was among those who defended Fort Sumter during the 1861 bombardment, rose to fame for his gallantry at Gettysburg and — supposedly — invented baseball.
- Abner Doubleday – Society for American Baseball ResearchAbner Doubleday was a very religious man, who never drank or used profane language, and whose interests were wide, including mathematics, engineering, literature, military science, and sports.
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