History of Tryon, (Gaston County) North Carolina United States of America

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Ulysses Doubleday Biography

Ulysses Doubleday, soldier, was born in Auburn, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1824; son of Ulysses Freeman Doubleday. He was educated at the Auburn academy and engaged in the banking business in New York city. He joined the volunteer army in 1861, was promoted major of the 4th N.Y. artillery, Jan. 23, 1862, lieutenant-colonel of the 3d U.S. colored infantry, Sept. 15, 1863, and colonel of the 45th U.S. colored infantry, Oct. 8 1864. At the battle of Five Forks, Va., he commanded a brigade and was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers "for distinguished gallantry at Five Forks, April 1, 1865." After the war he was a banker and broker in New York city until 1882, when he removed to North Carolina for the benefit of his health and there engaged in lumbering and building. He built extensively at Asheville, N.C., and a portion of the city took his name. He died at Tryon, N.C., Feb. 11, 1893.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor