Abner Doubleday
Born: June 26, 1819
Birthplace: Ballston Spa, New York
Father: Ulysses Freeman Doubleday 1792 – 1866
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Mother: Hester Donnelly 1798 – 1859
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery ,Bloomington, Illinois)
Wife: Mary H. Hewitt 1823 – 1907
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Education:
1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (24th in class)
Occupation before War:
1842 – 1845: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army 3rd Artillery
1842 – 1844: Garrison Duty at Fort Johnston North Carolina
1844: Garrison Duty at Fort McHenry, Maryland
1844 – 1845: Garrison Duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
1845: Garrison Duty at Fort Preble, Maine
1845 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery
1845 – 1846: Served in the Military Occupation of Texas
1846: Served in the Battle of Monterey, Mexico
1847: Served in the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico
1847 – 1855: 1st Lt. United States Army 1st Artillery
1848 – 1849: Garrison Duty at Fort Columbus, New York
1850: Garrison Duty at Fort Hamilton, New York
1850 – 1852: Garrison Duty at Fort McHenry, Maryland
1852 – 1853: Member of Commission to investigate Gardiner Mine
1854 – 1855: Frontier Duty at Fort Duncan, Texas
1855 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, 1st Artillery
1855 – 1856: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia
1856 – 1858: Served in the fighting against the Seminole Indians
1858 – 1859: Garrison Duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
1860 – 1861: Garrison Duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861: Served in the Defense of Fort Sumter, South Carolina
1861: Served Garrison Duty at Fort Hamilton, New York
1861 – 1863: Major United States Army 17th Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in the Shenandoah Valley under General Patterson
1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland
1862: Served in the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862: Served in the March to Falmouth, Virginia
1862 – 1866: Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Served in the Demonstration against Port Conway
1863: Served in the Passage of Rappahannock below Fredericksburg
1863: Served in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Division and Acting Corps Commander Battle of Gettysburg
1863 – 1867: Lt. Colonel, United States Army, 17th Infantry Regiment
1863 – 1865: Served on Court Martials and Military Commissions
1865: Brevetted Colonel in United States Army
1865: Temporary Commander Southeastern Defenses of Washington
1865: Brevetted Brig. General and Major General in the U.S. Army
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th
Occupation after War:
1863 – 1867: Lt. Colonel United States Army 17th Infantry Regiment
1866: Reorganizer of a Detachment of 17th Infantry Regiment
1866: U.S. Army Commander in Galveston, Texas
1866 – 1867: Assistant Freedmen’s Bureau Commissioner in Galveston
1867 – 1869: Colonel, United States Army 35th Infantry Regiment
1868: Member of United States Army Retiring Board
1869: Colonel with Unassigned duty in United States Army
1869 – 1871: Superintendent of Recruiting Service in San Francisco
1870 – 1873: Colonel, United States Army 24th Infantry Regiment
1871 – 1872: Regimental Commander at Fort McKavett, Texas
1872 – 1873: Regimental Commander at Fort Brown, Texas
1873: Retired from United States Army on December 11th
Attorney in New York
1876: Author of Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie
1882: Author of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
Prominent Member of Mendham Township Theosophical Society
President of American Theosophical Society
A Myth is Doubleday may have helped with founding of Baseball
Died: January 26, 1893
Place of Death: Mendham, New Jersey
Cause of Death: Aortic Stenosis
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Section 1, grave 61
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