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- Uncle Thomas went to war
He was born six miles west of Mansfield June 21, 1829; he received a very fair education in the common schools and in the academies of Haysville and Berea; he studied law in the office of L. B. Matson, and, in July, 1860, was admitted to the bar, and in October formed a partnership with M. W. Worden, with whom he began the practice of his profession; when the war broke out in the spring of 1861, Mr. Douglas enlisted, April 16, in Maj. McLaughlin's company in the 1st Regiment, and remained with it during its term of service, participating in the battle of Bull Run, July 21; returning home, he enlisted in the 15th, three-years' service, in which regiment he was commissioned First Lieutenant of Co. G, Sept. 9; that regiment was in the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862, after which Lieut. D. was promoted Captain, and, in the battle of Stone River, Dec. 31; in this latter engagement, Capt. Douglas was so severely wounded in the right lung, that he was obliged to return home. While here he was married to Francis H. Rowland, daughter of Rev. James Rowland, May 12, 1863. June 24, he was appointed Captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, in which capacity he served until he was mustered out while at Baltimore, Aug. 29, 1863; he then returned home and resumed the practice of law, following it until he was appointed Postmaster, March 12, 1873; he took charge of the office May 12. Mrs. Douglas died Aug. 1, 1819, leaving four children. [2, 3]
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