Abner+Doubleday

=Abner Doubleday= Becca Hess

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 * 1) Invented the game of Baseball. Aka, America's favorite pastime.
 * 2) Civil War general, also served in the Mexican War.
 * 3) Attended West Point Academy

Status Updates
__Abner Doubleday__ promoted to Lieutenant Colonel! Hopefully this war will be over soon!

Info

 * = **Basic Info** ||=  ||
 * = Birth/Death || June 1819 -January 1893 ||
 * = City/Country || Ballston Spa, New York ||
 * = Family || wife- Mary Doubleday ||
 * = Political Views || Unionist and Republican ||
 * = Religious Views ||  ||


 * = **Education and Work** ||= Date(s) ||=  ||
 * Major Accomplishments || 1839 || Invented Baseball ||
 * =  || 1853 || promoted to captain(Mexican war) ||
 * || 1863 || promoted to lieutenant colonel ||
 * = Employment ||  || Mexican and Civil War General ||
 * =  ||   || Civil Engineer for 2 years prior to military career. ||
 * Education || 1842 || West Point Academy ||


 * = **Likes and Interests** ||= //Fill in this column// ||
 * = Hobbies and Interests || Baseball, abolition ||
 * = Groups || Pro Union ||
 * = Miscellaneous ||  ||

Friends & Enemies

 * = **Friends** ||=  ||
 * Mary Doubleday || Wife of Abner. ||
 * Maj. Robert Anderson || First in command at Fort Sumter. Abner was second in command. ||
 * Abraham Lincoln || Republican President that Doubleday supported ||
 * = **Enemies** ||=  ||
 * General Robert E. Lee || Confederate General during the Civil War ||
 * Maj. Gen. George Meade || Union General that humiliated Abner. ||

NewsFeed

 * = **Friend/Enemy** ||= Date ||=  ||
 * George Meade || July 2, 1863 || Had to replace Doubleday John Newton today because Doubleday's corps failed first causing the Union line to collapse at the Potomac. ||
 * Mary Doubleday || August 24, 1865 || So proud of my hubby! He's been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel!! ||
 * Abraham Lincoln ||  || __ Abner Doubleday __ rode with me to the Gettysburg Address today! It went well! ||

Photos

 * http://supak.com/spencer/baseball/hall-of-fame_Doubleday-Field_plaque_400.jpg ||
 * http://supak.com/spencer/baseball/hall-of-fame_Doubleday-Field_plaque_400.jpg ||

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