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Abner Doubleday: A Civil War Biography

Abner Doubleday: A Civil War Biography


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While Abner Doubleday is remembered primarily, and mistakenly, for having "invented" baseball (he did not), it was his selfless exercise of duty to his nation that should be honored. Following his youth in Auburn, New York, and his days as a cadet at West Point to the Union general's involvement in the American Civil War and his public service afterwards, he is revealed in this biography as a man who took unpopular stands but was guided by a firm vision of justice. One chapter fully explores the baseball myth.



Table of Contents:
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Edward G. Longacre     
Preface     
Introduction     

1. Doubleday as a Young Man     
2. Career at West Point, 1838–1845     
3. The Mexican War     
4. Texas and the Gardiner Affair, 1852–1856     
5. The Seminole War, 1856–1859     
6. The Hero of Sumter     
7. The Army of the Shenandoah     
8. Doubleday and Runaway Slaves     
9. The Occupation of Fredericksburg, Virginia     
10. The Battle of Groveton     
11. The Battle of Second Bull Run     
12. The Battle of South Mountain     
13. The Battle of Antietam     
14. After Antietam     
15. The Battle of Fredericksburg     
16. After Fredericksburg     
17. The Battle of Chancellorsville     
18. Gettysburg, Day One     
19. Gettysburg, Day Two     
20. Gettysburg, Day Three     
21. After the Battle of Gettysburg     
22. July to December, 1863     
23. March 1864 to Retirement in 1873     
24. Life After Military Service     
25. Debunking the Doubleday Baseball Myth     

Appendix: Historian’s Views of Doubleday at Gettysburg     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     


About the Author :
Thomas Barthel, a professor emeritus in the State University of New York system, has written nine books on subjects ranging from the Civil War, to baseball history to civil engineering. He lives in Clinton, New York.

Review :
“Barthel gives us what is surprisingly, the first ever biography of Abner Doubleday...an important read for anyone interested in the Civil War and particularly Gettysburg.”—The NYMAS Review; “Barthel takes the reader through Doubleday’s remarkable military career. The book is a good overview of Doubleday”—Blue & Gray Magazine; “wow!”—The Lone Star; “Barthel gives us what is, surprisingly, the first ever biography of Abner Doubleday...an important read for anyone interested n the CivilWar and particularly Gettysburg”—Strategy Page.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786445615
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 283
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Civil War Biography
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0786445610
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 471 gr


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