Ulysses Doubleday

Ulysses Doubleday (August 31, 1824 – February 11, 1893) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War. In 1866 he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865.

Early life Ulysses Doubleday was born in Auburn, New York, on August 31, 1824. He was described as having 'blue eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion'. He was the younger brother of Union Army Major General Abner Doubleday, He was discharged from the volunteers on September 12, 1865.

After the war he was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, the Union League, and the Saint Nicholas Society of New York. He later retired to a large farm in Asheville, North Carolina.

Ulysses Doubleday died in Tryon, North Carolina on February 11, 1893. He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York).