Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 - January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War.
In his final years in New Jersey, he was a prominent member and later president of the Theosophical Society..
In San Francisco, after the war, he obtained a patent on the cable car railway that still runs there.
Meade caused lasting enmity between the two men.
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Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his relief by Maj.
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.
Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 - January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War
