Charles Remond Douglass

Charles Remond Douglass (October 21, 1844 – November 23, 1920) was the third and youngest son of Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass. He was the first African-American man to enlist in the military in New York during the Civil War, and served as one of the first African-American clerks in the Freedmen's Bureau in Washington, D.C.

Charles Remond Douglass
Born(1844-10-21)October 21, 1844
Lynn, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 23, 1920(1920-11-23) (aged 76)
Washington, D.C.
Resting placeColumbian Harmony Cemetery
Washington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Spouses
Mary Elizabeth Murphy
(m. 1866; died 1879)
    Laura Haley
    (m. 1880)
    Children7 (including Joseph Douglass and Haley George)
    Parent(s)Frederick Douglass
    Anna Murray Douglass
    RelativesDouglass family
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