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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.
In 1908, fifteen years after his death, Doubleday was declared by the Mills Commission to have invented the game of baseball (a claim never made by Doubleday during his lifetime). This claim has been thoroughly debunked by baseball historians.[1][2]
In 1908, fifteen years after his death, Doubleday was declared by the Mills Commission to have invented the game of baseball (a claim never made by Doubleday during his lifetime). This claim has been thoroughly debunked by baseball historians.[1][2]
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Thank you my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that June 26, 1819 was birth of United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War Abner Doubleday.
He was the 1,145th man to graduate from West Point and he graduated with the class of 1842.
His classmates include BG Henry Lawrence Eustis; MG William Stark Rosecrans; CSA MG Gustavus Woodlawn Smith; CSA LTG Daniel Harvey Hill; MG Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana; CSA LTG Richard Herron Anderson; CSA MG Lafayette McLaws
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SSG John Ross SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins Cpl Gabriel F. CW5 Jack Cardwell
He was the 1,145th man to graduate from West Point and he graduated with the class of 1842.
His classmates include BG Henry Lawrence Eustis; MG William Stark Rosecrans; CSA MG Gustavus Woodlawn Smith; CSA LTG Daniel Harvey Hill; MG Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana; CSA LTG Richard Herron Anderson; CSA MG Lafayette McLaws
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SSG John Ross SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins Cpl Gabriel F. CW5 Jack Cardwell
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