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Thousands of Union soldiers received their baptism of fire on July 21, 1861. Among them was a young Rhode Islander named Charles E. Douglas. He first saw action at Bull Run fighting with the First Rhode Island Detached Militia. Douglas later reenlisted in the Fifth Rhode Island Regiment and spent three years serving and fighting in North Carolina. Described as "modest and unassuming" by his peers, Douglas was one of the men who learned about the horrors of war on the plains of Manassas. Join award winning Civil War historian Robert Grandchamp for this engaging look at one Union soldier. Featured will be some of the relics Douglas took to war.