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.
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.
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.
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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
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
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