{"id":683,"date":"2012-08-07T23:05:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T23:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-gilder\/?p=683"},"modified":"2013-08-09T23:19:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T23:19:52","slug":"another-father-and-son-july-6th-1863-or19-year-old-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/2012\/08\/07\/another-father-and-son-july-6th-1863-or19-year-old-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Father and Son, July 6th, 1863 or; 19 year-old sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_686\" style=\"width: 155px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/08\/charles_douglass-e1344377386810.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-686\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-686 \" alt=\"Charles Douglass 1864, Massachusetts 54th F Company\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/08\/charles_douglass-e1344377386810-145x150.gif\" width=\"145\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Douglass 1864 &#8211; F Company, 54th Massachusetts &#8211; recruited by his father<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So sad listening again to the Gettysburg story of Sam Wilkeson writing beside the body of his 19 year-old son. Another 19 year-old son wrote to his father that day. Charles Douglass&#8217;s letter to his father, Frederick Douglass, reports his encounter with some Irish fellows and their differences of opinion about Meade and McClelland. (I especially like this letter because I can actually read it, unlike many letters where I have to retreat to the transcription almost at once.) Despite the racism reported and his angry, blustering reaction, I smiled reading it. He is so young&#8230; and so alive.<\/p>\n<p>(His health, it turns out however, prevents him from ever serving in battle.)<\/p>\n<p>Both images link to the loc page where you can view the entire letter &#8211; it is 3 pages long &#8211; or read the transcription <a title=\"Written in Glory Letters from the Soldiers and Officers of the 54th Massachusetts\" href=\"http:\/\/54th-mass.org\/july-6-1863\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. (N.b. in the\u00a0transcript\u00a0they make \u00a0mistakes, for example he is talking about Gettysburg with soldiers from Newbern \u00a0N.C. \u00a0&#8211; not N.Y. Why can&#8217;t I find a sound transcript? Annoying!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_691\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/08\/Douglassletter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-691\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-691\" alt=\"Charles Douglass to Frederick Douglass\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/08\/Douglassletter-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Douglass to Frederick Douglass<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My 19 year-old son is out skateboarding right now. He is not worrying about his future, or anything else. \u00a0I don&#8217;t 100% appreciate his lifestyle normally &#8211; I think he should be worrying&#8230; at least a little &#8211; \u00a0but today I will just go with it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_695\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/08\/peterskattin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-695\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-695\" alt=\"Gnardog aka my boy Pete\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/08\/peterskattin-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gnardog aka my boy Pete<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So sad listening again to the Gettysburg story of Sam Wilkeson writing beside the body of his 19 year-old son. Another 19 year-old son wrote to his father that day. Charles Douglass&#8217;s letter to his father, Frederick Douglass, reports his encounter with some Irish fellows and their differences of opinion about Meade and McClelland. 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