Abner Doubleday
/ˌæbnə ˈdʌbldeɪ/
/ˌæbnər ˈdʌbldeɪ/
- (1819-93) a US general in the American Civil War. He was in Fort Sumter when it was attacked by the South. According to a story that is probably not true, he invented the game of baseball (in 1839).
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Abner Doubleday