Thomas D. Doubleday

Thomas D. Doubleday

Thomas D. Doubleday (1815 - 1863) was an US bookstore owner, museum patron and Civil War officer.

He was born in Albany, New York in 1815. 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 know 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 NY Heavy Artillery. He raised and trained this regiment from New York that was stationed in Washington DC to defend the captitol during the Civil War. [cite web|url=http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/4thArtHvy/4thArtHvyMain.htm|title=4th Heavy Artillery Regiment|publisher=New York State Military Museum|accessdate=2007-11-24]

He married Mary Augusta Ward. Two children, Mary and Stephen.

He died in 1863.

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*New York Times:
**October 24, 1853
**July 29, 1856
**January 24, 1862
**February 11,1862
**May 12, 1864,
**May 1912
* The Honors of the Empire State in the War of the Rebellion,Thomas Seaman Townsend - page 268
* History of the Great American Fortunes, by Gustavus Myers - Business & Economics - 1910 - page 130
* The Baptist Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of the Doctrines, Ordinances, Usage, by William Cathcart - page 1299
* New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865, by Frederick Phisterer - 1890 - Page 338
* In Memoriam: Abner Doubleday, 1819-1893, and John Cleveland Robinson, 1817-1897, by New York (State). Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg, Chattanooga and Antietam - 1918 - page 61
* Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year, 1903 - Page 604


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