Abram Duryée (/dʊərˈjeɪ/; April 29, 1815 – September 27, 1890) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, the commander of one of the most famous Zouave regiments, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry.

Graduating from the grammar school at Columbia College, Abram worked as a merchant and became wealthy as a mahogany importer in New York.

After Antietam, Duryée went on a short leave of absence, and, when he returned, was disheartened to find his brigade under the command of Brig.

[citation needed] During his tenure as police commissioner, on January 13, 1874, Duryée led[4] a force of 1,600 policemen to suppress a labor protest in Tompkins Square Park.

Samuel Gompers later described the scene in his memoirs, writing that "mounted police charged the crowd on Eighth Street, riding them down and attacking men, women, and children without discrimination.

"[7] Speakers for the New York Committee of Safety, the organizers of the Tompkins Square protest, condemned Commissioner Duryée for having "charged his police upon inoffensive workingmen like so many 'bulldogs.

[citation needed] Abram Duryée died in New York and is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.

His son Jacob Duryée (1839 – 1918), who was also a lieutenant colonel in the Civil War, and who was nominated by President Andrew Johnson on July 5, 1867, for appointment to the brevet grade brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865, which the U.S. Senate confirmed on July 19, 1867.