My Life In The Old Army: The Reminiscences Of A... -

Significantly, these reminiscences contain no mention of baseball. The claim that he invented the game in 1839 was a product of the 1907 Mills Commission, which historians have since debunked, noting that Doubleday was a cadet at West Point during the time he was supposedly in Cooperstown. Legacy and Later Service

: Doubleday collected numerous stories of fellow officers, such as a humorous anecdote regarding Braxton Bragg's dual roles as Post Commander and Post Commissary. Debunking the "Baseball Myth" My life in the old Army: the reminiscences of A...

: The reminiscences cover his various postings, including service in Florida during the Seminole Wars and his time on the Texas frontier. which historians have since debunked