Abner Doubleday
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 130 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 26,1819 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Ballston Spa |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 26,1893 |
| Died | Mendham Township |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Battles and wars | Mexican–American War |
| Seminole War | |
| American | |
| War | |
| American Indian Wars | |
| Years of service | 1842–1873 |
| Siblings | Thomas D. Doubleday |
| Ulysses Doubleday | |
| Job | Army officer |
| Books | . . . Chancellorsville and Gettysburg |
| Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 | |
| My life in the old Army | |
| Gettysburg Made Plain: A Succinct Account of the Campaign and Battles, with the Aid of One Diagram and Twenty-nine Maps | |
| Campaigns of the Civil War: Chancellorsville and Gettysburg | |
| Army In the Civil War: Chancellorsville and Gettysburg | |
| Chancellorsville and Gettysburg - Scholar's Choice Edition | |
| Chancellorsville and Gettysburg: Booktrack Edition | |
| Spouse | Mary Hewitt |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Rank | Major General |
| Parents | Ulysses F. Doubleday |
| Hester Donnelly | |
| Ulysses Freeman Doubleday | |
| Education | United States Military Academy |
| Battleswar | Seminole War |
| American Civil War | |
| American Indian Wars | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 651431 |
Abner Doubleday Life story
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 pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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