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Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) [1] 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 .
The Doubleday myth is the claim that the sport of baseball was invented in 1839 by the future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York.In response to a dispute over whether baseball originated in the United States or was a variation of the British game rounders, the Mills Commission was formed in 1905 to seek out evidence.
The Doubleday Hill Monument is an American Civil War monument located in Williamsport, Maryland, in what is now River View Cemetery. Erected in 1897, [1] the monument commemorates the crossing of the Potomac River and occupation of the hill by Major General Abner Doubleday. The monument, also known Doubleday Hill, overlooks the Potomac River ...
Ulysses Doubleday was born in Auburn, New York, on August 31, 1824. [1] He was described as having 'blue eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion'. [2] He was the younger brother of Union Army Major General Abner Doubleday, [1] and the son of congressman and War of 1812 veteran Ulysses F. Doubleday and Hester Donnelly. Before the Civil War, he ...
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The SS Abner Doubleday was a liberty ship built during World War II. The ship was named after Abner Doubleday, the Brigadier General of the American Civil War. Her keel was laid down on 25 October 1942 and she launched 20 November 1942. Abner Doubleday was scrapped in 1968. The photo is of the identical ship the SS John W. Brown which is docked ...
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