![]() ![]() ![]() Active in the Maryland National Guard, Douglas was promoted to Major General and served as the Adjutant General from 1892 to 1896. Governor Oden Bowie appointed him to serve on a commission which created the Washington Confederate Cemetery on South Potomac Street (9 blocks south of here) and re-buried over 2000 Confederate war dead. Swapped in a prisoner exchange in 1864, he commanded an infantry brigade in the Appomattox Campaign up to Lee's surrender., When peace came, Douglas resumed his law practice and eventually moved to Hagerstown. Through the rest of the War he served as a general staff officer and infantry officer and was wounded and captured at Gettysburg. ![]() From April to October, 1862, Douglas was the youngest officer to serve on the staff of Gen. In 1861, he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Infantry and fought in the Battle of First Manassas. Douglas was raised at Ferry Hill Place, on the Maryland side of the Potomac River at Shepherdstown. Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas, CSA 1838-1903. ![]()
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