Abner Doubleday
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Abner Doubleday was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general often (though controversially) credited in popular myth with inventing the game of baseball.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War veteran
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Freemason ⓘ Union Army general ⓘ United States Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| burialPlotReference | Section 1, Arlington National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1819-06-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1893-01-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Doubleday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
artillery tactics
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military history ⓘ |
| givenName | Abner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | Union Army general ⓘ |
| hasPartInTheMythOrLegend | myth that he invented baseball in Cooperstown in 1839 ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | “Father of Baseball” (mythical attribution) ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Saratoga County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brevet major general
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brigadier general ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
commanded Union forces at the opening of the Battle of Gettysburg
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ordered the first Union shot in defense of Fort Sumter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being (incorrectly) credited with inventing baseball
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role in early battles of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
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Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860–61 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Fort Sumter NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Second Bull Run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ballston Spa, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Arlington National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mendham, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | acting commander of the I Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
Cooperstown, New York
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOrID | graduate of West Point class of 1842 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Mills Commission report on the origins of baseball ⓘ |
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