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Abner Doubleday

1819 - 1893

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Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. 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. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his relief by Maj. Gen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abner Doubleday is the 672nd most popular military personnel (up from 696th in 2019), the 2,283rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,998th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Abner Doubleday ranks 672 out of 2,058. Before him are Walther Nehring, Lauri Törni, Joseph Gallieni, Werner Kempf, Ivan Bohun, and Takijirō Ōnishi. After him are Conon, Choe Yeong, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Pierre Cambronne, Ashraf Marwan, and Fritz Bayerlein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Abner Doubleday ranks 32. Before him are Francis V, Duke of Modena, Johan Jongkind, Allan Pinkerton, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, Elias Howe, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Christopher Latham Sholes, Felice Orsini, William A. Wheeler, and Roger Fenton. Among people deceased in 1893, Abner Doubleday ranks 19. Before him are Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Jules Ferry, John Tyndall, Benjamin Butler, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Leland Stanford, Ferenc Erkel, Alfredo Catalani, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, José Zorrilla, and Heinrich Göbel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abner Doubleday ranks 2,283 out of 20,380. Before him are Kim Hunter (1922), Laura Dern (1967), Seka (1954), Jan-Michael Vincent (1944), Chris Brown (1989), and Frank Borzage (1894). After him are Johnny Ramone (1948), Steve Vai (1960), Sojourner Truth (1797), Elmer Bernstein (1922), Stanley Donen (1924), and Solomon Northup (1808).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Abner Doubleday ranks 40. Before him are Charles Sweeney (1919), Alexander Haig (1924), Richard Winters (1918), Chris Kyle (1974), Raymond A. Spruance (1886), and John Pope (1822). After him are Hugh S. Johnson (1882), Mark W. Clark (1896), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), David Farragut (1801), and John Sullivan (1740).

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