Abner doubleday biography and uncle biography

Abner Doubleday may not have invented baseball, but his actions amidst Antietam’s deadly Cornfield rightly cement his place in American history.  This is that story…

By David A. Welker

Born on 26 June 1819 in Ballston Spa, New York to Ulysses F. and Hester (Donnelly) Doubleday, Abner joined a respected family with deep ties to the still-young United States. Abner’s namesake paternal grandfather had survived the brutal Valley Forge winter and fought in the Battles of Bunker Hill and Stony Point, while his other grandfather, Thomas Donnelly, served George Washington as a messenger early in the Revolutionary War. Abner’s father was a War of 1812 veteran who settled in Auburn, New York, publishing there a newspaper, authoring several books, and serving twice in Congress.  [1]

Growing up in New York’s Finger Lakes region, Abner later wrote of his childhood “I was brought up in a book store and early imbibed a taste for reading. I was fond of poetry and art an

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Abner Doubleday Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Abner Doubleday was a United States Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War. Born on June 26, 1819, he was the first officer to fire a shot in defence of Fort Sumter, during the opening of the war. He played a vital role during the initial scen of the Battle of Gettysburg. However, he was later redrawn from action by Major General George G. Meade, an incident that would cause a lifetime animosity between them.

After the war, Abner Doubleday lived in San Francisco where he patented a cable bil railway. In 1908, the Mills kommission declared him as the inventor of the game of baseball, a claim many baseball historians have debunked. He had never claimed to be the inventor of the game during his lifetime. He was a member and later served as the president of the Theosophical Society while in New Jersey.

Early Years

Abner Doubleday was born on June 26, 1819, in Ballston Spa, New York to Heste

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Abner Doubleday

Union Army general (1819–1893)

Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893)^[1] was a career United States Army officer and Unionmajor 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, 15 years after his death, the Mills Commission declared that Doubleday had invented the game of baseball, although Doubleday never made such a claim. This claim has been thoroughly debunked by baseball historians.^[2][3]

Early years

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