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Title	Abner Doubleday
Description	Formal portrait of soldier who served in a New York state military unit during the Civil War. Photograph shows man sitting, full-length, with his hands folded in his lap. His wife, Mary, is standing behind him with her right hand resting on hist shoulder. Her left hand appears to be holding something white. There is a table with a clock on it to abners right, drapes behind that. There is a chair behind Mary to her left. Numbers on the front of some photographs refer to an index no longer extant. At one point, most of these photographs were tacked to the wall of the State Capital building in Albany, New York. 17th US Infantry
Creator	Anthony, E. & H. T.
Subject.LCSH	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject.TGM	Cartes de visite Soldiers
Subject.Personal_Name	Doubleday, Abner
Subject.Corporate_Name	United States. Army. Field and Staff Infantry, 17th (1861-unknown) United States. Army. Volunteers General Staff (1862-1865)
NY Heritage Topic	Military People
Date of Original	1861-1865
Time Period	American Civil War; 1861-1865
Physical Format	Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Physical Description	Photograph; albumen; b&w; 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10 x 6 cm.)
Relation	Reference back of image at http://24.39.195.147/dbtw-wpd/images/photographs/PA.1999.0014.1390_back.jpg
Type	Still Image
Language	eng
Format of Digital	image/jpeg
Identifier	PA.1999.0014.1390
Holding Institution	New York State Military Museum
Contact Information	61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518-581-5100 http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/mil-hist.htm
Publisher of Digital	New York State Military Museum
Digital Collection	Civil War Carte de Visite Collection
Library Council	Capital District Library Council
Notes	Abner Doubleday Residence was not listed; a 42 year-old US Army Officer. Enlisted on 5/14/1861 as a Major. On 5/14/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff US Army 17th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Prior service in US Army since 07/01/1842; subsequent service until retiring 12/11/1873) On 2/3/1862 he was commissioned into US Volunteers General Staff He was Mustered Out on 8/24/1865 Promotions: * Brig-General 2/3/1862 * Lt Colonel 9/17/1862 by Brevet (Antietam, MD) * Major-Gen 11/29/1862 * Colonel 7/2/1863 by Brevet (Gettysburg, PA) * Lt Colonel 9/20/1863 * Brig-General 3/13/1865 by Brevet * Major-Gen 3/13/1865 by Brevet * Colonel 9/15/1867 Other Information: born 6/26/1819 in Ballston Spa, NY died 1/26/1893 in Mendham, NJ (Graduate USMA 07/01/1842) Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: - Index to Compiled Military Service Records - Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903 - Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion - Generals in Blue, Lives of the Union Commanders - Photo from Library of Congress collection (c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com ABNER DOUBLEDAY Doubleday, Abner, major-general, was born in Ballston, N.Y., June 26, 1819. He was graduated at West Point in 1842 and served in the Mexican war in the 1st artillery, being present at Monterey, and at Buena Vista, where he defended the Rinconoda pass. He was promoted captain in 1855, served in the Seminole war, 1856-58, and was one of the garrison at Fort Moultrie in 1860, withdrawing with his men, by order of Maj. Anderson, to Fort Sumter, Dec. 26, 1860. He aimed the first gun fired in defense of that fort, April 12, 1861. He was promoted major, in the 7th infantry, May 14, 1861, and served with Gen. Patterson in the valley and in the defense of the national capital. Promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Feb. 3, 1862, he commanded the defense of Washington, led a brigade in the Northern Virginia campaign from May to Sept., 1862, and at the second battle of Bull Run he succeeded to the command of Hatch's division, while at Antietam his division, which led the extreme right, opened the battle and captured six battle flags. Gen. Doubleday was promoted major-general of volunteers, Nov. 21, 1862, fought at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and, when Reynolds was made commander of a wing of the army, succeeded to command of the 1st army corps. He supported Buford's cavalry at Gettysburg, commanded the field when Reynolds fell until the arrival of Gen. Howard, and on the third day his division aided in turning back Pickett's charge and putting the Confederate army to flight. He was after that, until 1865, on court martial duty and on various commissions, was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general in the regular army, March 11, and major-general U. S. A. March 13, 1865, for services during the war. He was commander of Galveston, Tex. at the close of 1866, and was then commissioner of the Freedmen's bureau in Texas until mustered out of the volunteer service, Aug.1, 1867. He was promoted colonel U. S. A. and assigned to the 35th infantry, Sept. 15, 1867, and was afterwards stationed on various duties in New York city, San Francisco, and Texas. Gen. Doubleday was retired Dec. 11, 1873. He died in Mendham, N. J., Jan. 27, 1893. Source: The Union Army, vol. 8
Rights	Items in the Civil War Carte de Visite Collection are in the public domain. Please credit the New York State Military Museum.
Technical Data	Scans were made using an Epson 1640 XL; archival TIFFS created in color at 600 dpi. JPEGs created with Adobe Photoshop at 300 dpi.
Transcript	On reverse: 'Abner Doubleday, Major General Vols and Lieut Col 17th Inf U.S.A., Mary Doubleday, nee Hewitt, 1863.'
File Name	PA.1999.0014.1390.jpg

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