Abner Doubleday

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Abner Doubleday
Born:	1819-6-26 at Ballston Spa, NY (US)
Died:	1893-1-26 at Mendham, NJ (US)
Interred:	Arlington National in Arlington County, VA (US)

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Abner Doubleday was a general in the United States army who fought in the Civil War. A longstanding myth, now soundly debunked, held him as the creator of baseball.

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