Abner Doubleday Military person

Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union 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. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his relief by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade caused lasting enmity between the two men. In San Francisco, after the war, he obtained a patent on the cable car railway that still runs there. In his final years in New Jersey, he was a prominent member and later president of the Theosophical Society. Doubleday is often mistakenly credited with inventing baseball.

Personal facts

Abner Doubleday
Birth dateJune 26, 1819
Birth place
Ballston Spa New York
Date of deathJanuary 26, 1893
Place of death
Mendham Borough New Jersey
Resting place
Arlington National Cemetery

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Military person

allegianceUnion
military operations
American Civil War
American Indian Wars
Seminole Wars
Mexican–American War
military branch
Union Army
military command
24th U. S. Infantry
35th U. S. Infantry
I Corps
service start1842
service end1873

Abner Doubleday on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/doubledy.htm
  2. http://www.baseballhalloffame.com/about/history.htm
  3. http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/doubledaygeneralindefense.htm
  4. http://www.rocemabra.com/~roger/tagg/generals
  5. http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/40-90-1/th-tsgom.htm
  6. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/DD/fdo39.html