Who the Heck is Abner Doubleday: Baseball and the Civil War

by Bruce Allardice

Baseball was labeled the “national pastime” even before Fort Sumter, and Civil War soldiers spent more time playing baseball than they did fighting battles. Professor Allardice takes a sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, look at the “National Pastime” and how it was played during the Civil War.

A professor of history at South Suburban College, Bruce S. Allardice is past president of the Northern Illinois Civil War Round Table, and past president of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago. Prof. Allardice has authored or coauthored six books, and numerous articles, on the Civil War.

Major General Abner Doubleday, United States Army officer and Union in the American Civil War.

A Board Member of the Illinois State Historical Society, Prof. Allardice has presented numerous lectures and presentations on the Civil War and genealogy for Civil War Round Tables, museums, and civic organizations.

“Who the Heck is Abner Doubleday: Baseball and the Civil War” co-sponsored by: Grand Rapids Civil War Round Table, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Grand Rapids Historical Society, Thursday, April 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m. at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum presented by Bruce Allardice, a member of the Chicago Civil War Round Table.