Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: General Abner Doubleday's Account of Gettysburg and the Pennsylvania Campaign (Illustrated)

Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) is mistakenly remembered as the inventor of baseball, despite never claiming to do so. Instead, he had a lasting influence on America by way of his Civil War service. Doubleday 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. Gettysburg was his finest hour, as he took command of the I Corps after General John Reynolds was killed on Day 1,...