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  1. General Abner Doubleday at Gettysburg: Why is he not remembered?
    date July 1, 1863 to July 3, 1863map ADAMS, Pennsylvaniatags Civil War, Gettysburg, General Abner Doubleday

    At approximately 10:15 AM on the morning of July 1, 1863, Major General Abner Doubleday was thrown into command of the forces along McPherson's Ridge when his immediate superior, General John F. Reynolds, was shot and killed in the early engagement between Union and Confederate infantry. Doubleday became responsible for the entire battlefield and holding back the Confederate advances until the full...