Abner Doubleday by Paul Coco (2013)

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Description Abner Doubleday is widely credited with inventing baseball but there is little real evidence he did so nor did he make any claims about it.What we do know is that he was a career United States Army officer and Union 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. George G. Meade caused lasting enmity between the two men. This memorial stands at Gettysburg National Military Park.In San Francisco, after the war, he obtained a patent on the cable car railway that still runs there. In his final years in New Jersey, he was a prominent member and later president of the Theosophical Society.

Paul Coco, Brooklyn, NY
Member Since August 2008
Artist Statement After a career in international sales and marketing, early retirement enabled me to turn a hobby into a passion and modern photo editing programs enabled me to add creativity to my view of the world.

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