Abner Doubleday
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Abner Doubleday 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 p
Doubleday, c. 1855-65
Major Robert Anderson and his officers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Doubleday photo displayed at Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston harbor
Fort Sumter Medal bearing the likeness of Major Robert Anderson which was presented to Abner Doubleday
Doubleday myth
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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
Abner Doubleday
…there. In his final years in New Jersey, he was a prominent member and later president of the Theosophical Society. Although he never made such a claim, Doubleday was declared to have invented the game of baseball in 1908, fifteen years after his death, by the Mills Commission. This claim has been thoroughly debunked by baseball historians. Doubleday, the son of…
Abner Doubleday
The National Baseball Hall of Fame is located in Cooperstown, the town where Doubleday was said to have invented baseball.
The main entrance to Doubleday Field, with a sign that reads "Birthplace of Baseball"
Plaque on main entrance