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[CIVIL WAR] DOUBLEDAY, ABNER, Union General. Autograph letter signed to Major General H.S. Hindekopen, Mendham, New Jersey, 1 March 1891. 3 pages, 8vo.
GENERAL DOUBLEDAY WRITES OF HIS MEMORIES OF GETTYSBURG:
"...I cannot thank you too much for your kind expressions of regard and the estimate you put on my services at Gettysburg. I may say truthfully in return that I doubt if anything in the annals of the War surpasses the gallanry and persistency of the 150th Penn. while holding the angle of my line, subject to the assaults of Ewell's Corps on the North and Hill's Corps on the West. Nor was this service, desperate as it was, a useless sacrifice. It long held back the overwhelming masses of the enemy and delayed their final assault: which saved Cemetery Ridge and left it in our possession. I suppose you have read the North American Review for February and the articles by the different generals who accompanied the Count of Paris to Gettysburg. I shall look forward with interest to the March number. Most of the writers have continued to say nothing and say it gracefully. Did you read a letter I addressed to Comrade Beale of the First Corps in relation to the trip referred to and the comments of Genl. Howard on his connection with our night at Gettysburg. I think Col. John P. Nicholson has the letter now. I requested that it be shown to you.
Abner Doubleday saw the Civil War from start to finish, having aimed the first gun fired in defense of Fort Sumter and later taking command of a portion of Washington's defenses in 1864 against Early's raid of the city. In civic life, Doubleday is credited with inventing baseball in its modern form.
GENERAL DOUBLEDAY WRITES OF HIS MEMORIES OF GETTYSBURG:
"...I cannot thank you too much for your kind expressions of regard and the estimate you put on my services at Gettysburg. I may say truthfully in return that I doubt if anything in the annals of the War surpasses the gallanry and persistency of the 150th Penn. while holding the angle of my line, subject to the assaults of Ewell's Corps on the North and Hill's Corps on the West. Nor was this service, desperate as it was, a useless sacrifice. It long held back the overwhelming masses of the enemy and delayed their final assault: which saved Cemetery Ridge and left it in our possession. I suppose you have read the North American Review for February and the articles by the different generals who accompanied the Count of Paris to Gettysburg. I shall look forward with interest to the March number. Most of the writers have continued to say nothing and say it gracefully. Did you read a letter I addressed to Comrade Beale of the First Corps in relation to the trip referred to and the comments of Genl. Howard on his connection with our night at Gettysburg. I think Col. John P. Nicholson has the letter now. I requested that it be shown to you.
Abner Doubleday saw the Civil War from start to finish, having aimed the first gun fired in defense of Fort Sumter and later taking command of a portion of Washington's defenses in 1864 against Early's raid of the city. In civic life, Doubleday is credited with inventing baseball in its modern form.