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Abner Doubleday
Major General -- United States Army
Occupied this site 1861.
While a Captain in the Union Army, during the Civil War, Doubleday crossed the Potomac River, at Williamsport, in 1861 and built a breastwork, mounting three siege guns, on this hill, now known as Doubleday Hill.
He is credited with inventing the game of baseball in 1835.
[Note: The baseball part is one of those perpetual myths that can't be killed.] |