Henry Kyd Douglas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1838
Place of Birth: Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 18-Dec-1903
Profession: military officer
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Henry Kyd Douglas
- Henry Kyd Douglas (1838–1903) was a Confederate staff officer during the American Civil War.
- He participated in most of the battles of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia; serving on the staffs of Stonewall Jackson and his successors.
- Severely wounded on the third day of the battle of Gettysburg, he became a prisoner of war for almost ten months.
- At the end of the war, he commanded a brigade at the last battle of the war.
- After the war he returned to his civilian occupation as a lawyer, got involved in state politics, later as a Gold Democrats, and became an officer in the Maryland National Guard, eventually holding the appointment as Adjutant General.
- Today Douglas is foremost known for his wartime memoir, I rode with Stonewall, first published in 1940.
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