# Doubleday's Account of Fort Sumter: He Aimed, Did Not Fire, the First Gun — WHE Article Discussion

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Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), an officer in the US Army during the American Civil War, is famous today for two events – neither of which actually happened:

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2951/doubledays-account-of-fort-sumter/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2951/doubledays-account-of-fort-sumter/)._