MILITARY PERSONNEL

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abner Doubleday has received more than 1,190,303 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Abner Doubleday is the 696th most popular military personnel (down from 694th in 2019), the 1,998th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,088th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Abner Doubleday ranks 696 out of 2,058. Before him are Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Nobutake Kondō, Alexander Pokryshkin, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, and William Halsey Jr.. After him are Ludwig von Benedek, Sergey Gorshkov, Wilhelm Schepmann, Gordon Gollob, Bardas Skleros, and Xu Da.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Abner Doubleday ranks 32. Before him are Allan Pinkerton, Johan Jongkind, Théodore Chassériau, Annibale de Gasparis, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, and Elias Howe. After him are Wilhelm Marr, Roger Fenton, Felice Orsini, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Franz Abt, and Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb. Among people deceased in 1893, Abner Doubleday ranks 21. Before him are John Tyndall, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Alfredo Catalani, and Ferenc Erkel. After him are Alexander Cunningham, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Heinrich Göbel, Leland Stanford, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, and P. G. T. Beauregard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abner Doubleday ranks 1,998 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Borzage (1894), Samuel Adams (1722), Hubert Humphrey (1911), Eartha Kitt (1927), Hayden White (1928), and William Halsey Jr. (1882). After him are Margaret Sanger (1879), William H. Seward (1801), James Heckman (1944), Jeff Koons (1955), Rhea Perlman (1948), and Archie Hahn (1880).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Abner Doubleday ranks 28. Before him are Raymond A. Spruance (1886), William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Mark W. Clark (1896), and William Halsey Jr. (1882). After him are James Bowie (1796), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George B. McClellan (1826), Doc Holliday (1851), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), and Frank Jack Fletcher (1885).

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