I don't think the Sheldon story is about his own son actually. You get the impression that the person in the story didn't come back from the war and his only son did. He was a forester for the State of Vermont and lived to be an old man, passed on just a few years ago.
Destry
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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