Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-12-26
GENERAL DOUGLAS DEAD
Famous Confederate Soldier Passed
Away Last Night.
NATIVE or sHEPhERDsToWN
Was 4 Son 81 Rev. Robert Douglas
Former Pastor Of Christ Reformed
Church il This ei'y.

Church ID This Cry.
Gen. Henry Kyd Douglas. mem !
her Of stonewall Jackson's original
STAFF and one of the nest.known law
~ers-and residents of Western Mary
land. died at so'ciock FRIDAY night at
ais home, on Potomac avenue, Hagers-
town.
General Douglas was1 born in shep-
harastown. ". va, in 1910. He was
educated at Franklin and Marshaii
College. Lancaster, Pa, and ae Lex
Ainpton. Va, where he was graauateo
IL law. At the breaking ONT OF the
x.ay b,tween the states he enlisted 10
the stonewall brigade as private
and was gradually promoted until ne
reached the rank of colonel, ana Was
adintant general OF the brigade. he
was afterwards on the statf 81 stone
.ra,, jackson. in which position he
remained until the death OF that gen
oral. He served in succession on the
stats Of Generals Early. Gordon and
Johnston.
IL the close OF the war he was-in
command OF the Light Brigade, Ior-
merlv commanded By Generals Hill
and Early While in command OF the
Light Brigade he was promoted % the
rank of brigadier general, but ms
commission did not reach him lie
was IN every battle fought ~ the
Stonewall brigade, and achieved
high reputation as brave ana skillui
soldier. AT the battle Of Getysburg
no was SEVERELY wounded. He also
, received injuries in four otheF en-
gagements.
After the surrender General Doug
las returned to nepherdssown. Two
weeks afterward he was arrested and
nut in prison. the offense being that he
had his photograph, in Confederate
uniform. taken with a lady. He was
confined at Martinsburg. tried before a
military commission and sentenced to
serve three months in prison at Fort
Delaware On the way 10 Fort Del
aware he was taken out OF the hands
of the guard. conveyed to Washington
and put in prison with the assassins
through whom the murder of Lincoln
was effected
After some weeGs in prison, Gen.
eral Douglas was released. Living on
the border it was his fate to be six
times arrested after the war, and
tinallv he served out the three months
in Fort Delaware, being released
from there in September. 1865.
After the war he practiced law two
years in Winchester. Va. and then
went to Ragerstown. Nd. where he
has since lived. In 1876 he was the
democratic candidate of Washington
county for the state senate and ran
900 votes ahead of the state ticket,
but the whole ticket, with one excep-
tion was defeated
He made gallant campaign some
Is years ago for congress in the Sixth
MARYLAND district. but was defeated
by Mr.. McComas. In March, 1891,
Governor Jackson appointed him as
sociate Judge of the Fourht Judicial
district in place of Judge A. K Syes-
ter, deceased. He was nominated by
the democratic convention for the full
term. but was defeated by the repub-
u: lican candidate, the late Hon. Ed
ward Stake.
= In 1892 General Douglas was ap-
pointed adiutant general OF MARYLAND
by Governor Brown.
General Douglas was son of Rev.
Robert Douglas. wro was pastor of
Christ Reformed church i'll this city
in 1884 and 1885. and whose name oc-
cupies place in the list of pastors ON
the plate in the handsome new church
ON East Burke street.
The funeral took place in Shep-
herdstown last Tuesday morning at
10 O'Clock.