Thomas D. Doubleday (1815 – 9 May 1863) was an US bookstore owner and Civil War officer.
Biography[]
He was born in Albany, New York in 1815. He grew up in Auburn, New York. He was the older brother of Abner Doubleday, a Civil War general, and the son of Ulysses F. Doubleday, Congressman.
Known as T D Doubleday, he ran a well known book and stationary store on Wall Street. Along with other merchants and prominent New Yorkers advocated the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History.
In the Civil War, he was a colonel and organizer of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery. He raised and trained this regiment from New York that was stationed in Washington DC to defend the capitol during the Civil War.[1]
He married Mary Augusta Ward. Two children, Mary Augusta Sargent and Stephen Ward Doubleday.They resided on Staten Island. Stephen Ward Doubleday fought in the Civil War at 17 and was injured. He was later a governor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Thomas D. Doubleday died on 9 May 1863 when he was run over by an omnibus on Broadway in Manhattan.
References[]
- ↑ "4th Heavy Artillery Regiment". New York State Military Museum. http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/4thArtHvy/4thArtHvyMain.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
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