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of Rivas and Virgin bay. After Walker had un- folded to Doubleday his visionary scheme of a southern empire, the latter left him in disgust and returned to New York late in 1855. But he after- ward joined Lockridge's unsuccessful attempt to re-enforce Walker, was injured by the boiler ex- plosion that frustrated that attempt, and subse- quently accompanied a party of adventurers that sailed from Mobile, and was shipwrecked on the coast of Central America. In 1861-'2 Col. Double- day commanded a company of cavalry in the service of the United States, and was for a time acting brigadier-general. He has published " Remi- niscences of the Filibuster War in Nicaragua " (New York, 188C).

DOUBLEDAY, Edward, English naturalist, b. in 1810: d. in London in 1849. He was a mem- ber of the Society of friends. After making a tour of the United States, he pul)lis]ied a paper on the " Natural History of North America," and was made one of the curators of the British museum. He contributed largely to periodicals on ornitholo- gy, entomology, and zoology, and published a costly, illustrated, and valuable work on the " Genera of Diurnal Ijepidoptera."

DOUBLEDAY, Ulysses Freeman, congress- man, b. in New Lebanon, Conn., 15 Dec, 1793;, d. in Belvidere, DL, 10 March, 18GG. His father fought at Bunker Hill and Stony Point, and was confined for some time in the Jersey prison-ship during the revolution. Ulysses was apprenticed to a printer in 1809, woi'ked at the trade with Thur- low Weed at Cooperstown, N. Y., and in 1812 served for some months against the British at Sackett's Harbor. After working in Utica and Albany he went to Ballston Spa, N. Y.. in 1816, where he established and edited the " Saratoga Courier." He removed to Auburn in 1819, and pub- lished and edited the " Cayuga Patriot " there for twenty years. He was chosen to congress as a Jackson Democrat, serving two terms, in 1831-'3 and 1835-'7. He became a farmer in Scipio, Cayuga CO., N. Y., in 1837, but in 1846 went to New York city, where, in company with his brother Elisha, he opened a stationery store in John street, and be- came well known as a bookseller. — His son, Thomas DoniieHy, b. in Albany, N. Y., 18 Feb., 1816 ; d. in New York city, 9 May, 1864, was engaged in the book trade, and in 1862 became colonel of the 4th New York artillery. He was run over by an omni- bus in Broadway, New York, and fatally injured. — Another son, Abner, soldier, b. in Ballston Spa, N. Y., 26 June, 1819 ; d. in Mendham, N. J., 27 Jan., 1893. He was appointed to the U. S. military acad- emy, and on his graduation in 1842 was assigned to the 3d artillery. He served in the 1st artillery during the Mexican war. being engaged at Mon- terey and at Rinconada Pass during the battle of Buena Vista. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant, 3 March, 1847, to captain, 3 March, 1855, and served against the Seminole Indians in 1856-'8. He was in Port Moultrie from 1860 till the garrison withdrew to Sumter on 26 Dec. of that year, and aimed the first gun fired in defence of the latter fort on 12 April. 1861. He was promoted to major in the 17th infantry on 14 May, 1861, from June till August was with Gen. Patterson in the Shen- andoah valley, and then served in defence of Wash- ington, commanding forts and batteries on the Po- tomac. He was made brigadier-general of volun- teers on 3 Feb., 1862, assigned to the command of all the defences of Washington on the same date, and commanded a brigade on the Rappahannock and in the northern Virginia campaign from May till September, 1862, including the second battle of Bull Run, where on 30 Aug. he succeeded to the connnand of Hatch's division. In the battle of Antietam his division held the extreme right and opened the battle, losing heavily, but taking six battle-fiags. On 29 Nov., 1862, he was promoted to major-general of volunteers. He was at Fred- ericksburg and Chancellorsville, and succeeded Gen. John F. Reynoldsaschief of the 1st corps when that officer was appointed to the command of one wing of the army. On 1 July, 1863, he was sent to Gettysburg to supportBuford's cavalry, and, on the fall of Gen. Reynolds, took

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field till the arrival of Gen. Howard, some hours later. His division fought gallantly in the battle that fol- lowed, and on the third day aided in the repulse of Pickett's charge. Gen. Doubleday served on courts-martial and commissions in 1863-'5, and on 12 July, 1864, temporarily commanded the south- eastern defences of Washington when the city was threatened by Early's raiders. He was brevetted colonel in the regular army on 11 Mai'ch, 1865, and brigadier- and major-general on 13 March, for his services during the war. In November and De- cember, 1866, he was in command at Galveston, Tex., served as assistant commissioner of the Freed- man's bureau there till 1 Aug., 1867, and, after be- ing mustered out of the volunteer service, was made colonel of the 35th infantry, 15 Sept., 1867. He was a member of the retiring-board in New York city in 1868, and in 1869-'71 superintended the general recruiting service in San Francisco, where in 1870 he suggested and obtained a charter for the first cable street-railway in the United States. After commanding posts in Texas he was retired from active service on 11 Dec, 1873. He published " Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'l " (New York, 1876); "Chan- cellorsville and Gettysburg " (1882) ; and articles in periodicals on army matters, the water supply of cities, and other subjects. — Another son, Ulysses, soldier, b. in Auburn, N. Y., 31 Aug., 1824, was educated at the academy in his native town. He became major in the 4th New York artillery, 23 Jan., 1862, lieutenant-colonel of the 3d U. S. colored troops, 15 Sept., 1863, and colonel of the 45th col- ored troops, 8 Oct., 1864. He commanded a brigade at the battle of Five Forks, and was brevetted briga- dier-general of volunteers, 11 March, 1865, for his gallantry there. Gen. Doubleday was for many years a member of the stock exchange in New York city. He died in Trvon, N. C, 11 Feb., 1893.

DOUGHERTY, Daniel, lawyer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 15 Oct., 1826; d. there, 5 Sept., 1892. He was educated at private schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in May, 1849, and soon became noted as an orator and humorist. He was a political speaker, and was a strong friend of the national government in 1862. He was one of the founders of the first Union league, and worked earnestly for President Lincoln's re-election in