- Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War
Born: | 26 June 1819 Comment | When did Abner Doubleday die? / Died | 26 January 1893 | How many years did Abner Doubleday live? / Lived | 73 years | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
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Abner Doubleday facts
- 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 has been historically credited with inventing baseball, although this appears to be untrue
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