 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Achangodzoka kubva kuhondo, Douglas akasangana nematambudziko nevakuru vakuru vemauto eUnited States. Akasungwa ndokutongerwa mwedzi mitatu mutorongo, nemhaka yokuti akanga aonekwa pachena akapfeka yunifomu yake yeConfederate. Douglas haana kupedza mutongo wake wose, asi akabatanidzwa munzvero pashure pokuurawa kwaPurezidhendi Lincoln, vakaendeswa kuWashington sechapupu pamberi pekomisheni yechiuto iyo yakaedza vaurayi. Pashure pokusunungurwa kwake muWashington akasungwa, uye akabudiswa kanoverengeka, asati aendeswa kuFort Delaware uko pashure penguva yakati ari musungwa akasunungurwa nemirairo yechiuto. Douglas akatanga kuita zvemutemo, pakutanga muWinchester, asi pashure pemakore maviri, akatamisa hofisi yake yemutemo kuHagerstown, kwaakagara kwoupenyu hwake hwose. Douglas akanga ari gweta rakabudirira uye mukurukuri anobudirira. Akamhanyira kuCongress muna 1886, uye akanga ari mutungamiri weGold Democrats muMaryland muna 1896. Akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutongi wedare reMaryland Court of Appeals naGavhuna Jackson, asi haana kusimbiswa musarudzo dzematare munaNovember gore rimwe chetero. Douglas akachengeta fariro yake yehondo iri mhenyu; muna 1876 akagadzwa colonel pachikwata chaGavhuna Carrol. Munguva yokuramwa basa kwechitima muna 1877, Douglas akatungamirira mauto eMaryland muDhipatimendi reWestern rehurumende. Basa rake rakapera negovernor anobuda, Douglas muna 1880 akava kaputeni wekambani yeHagerstown militia Hagerstown Light Infantry, uye gore rakatevera lieutenant colonel we1st Infantry Battalion, Maryland National Guard, uye colonel we1st Infantry Regiment, Maryland National Guard 1886 kusvika 1891. Douglas akagadzwa mukuru mukuru weMaryland muna 1892, uye akashanda pasi pemutongi Brown, kusvika muna 1896. Munguva yeHondo yeSpain neAmerica, akapihwa basa se brigadier general wevanozvipira, asi aifanira kuramba nekuda kwehutano husina kunaka. Douglas akafira muHagerstown netuberculosis muna 1903 