Harris, Nathaniel Harrison, 1834-1900.

Nathaniel Harrison Harris (1834-1900) was born in Natchez, Miss. Harris was captain of Company C of the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. He became Brigadier General in 1864.

From the description of Nathaniel Harrison Harris papers, 1865-1899 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23805186

Nathaniel Harrison Harris (1834-1900) was born in Natchez, Miss., studied law at the University of Louisiana, and practiced law in Vicksburg, Miss. Harris was captain of Company C of the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. He became Brigadier General in 1864. Harris resumed his law practice after the Civil War ended, and was later president of a railroad.

From the guide to the Nathaniel Harrison Harris Papers, 1865-1899, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Born in Natchez, Miss., in 1828, James W.M. Harris studied at Amherst College and returned to his native state to read law under General Sparrow. He practiced law in Vicksburg, but the family cotton plantation, Avenel Plantation, also provided income. During the Civil War, James Harris undertook a position as Third Auditor of the Post Office Department in Richmond, a position that took him away from Avenel and his family for the duration of the war. He and his family returned to Avenel Plantation after the war and James Harris resumed his law practice. The family moved to New York where his wife, Mary, died in childbirth in 1871. Harris moved to the Washington Territory shortly before his death in 1885, where he attempted to become territorial governor.

Nathaniel Harrison Harris was born in 1834 in Natchez, Miss. He attended the University of Louisiana, studied law, and went into law practice in the 1850s with his older brother James in Vicksburg, Miss. He never married. Nathaniel Harris entered the Confederate Army as a captain, displaying gallantry at the battles of Williamsburg and Seven Pines in the late spring of 1862. While holding the rank of colonel, he commanded a regiment at the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, as a result of which he was promoted to brigadier general on January 20, 1864. His brigade won fame during the Wilderness campaign of 1864, including the battles of Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Richmond. After the war, he returned to his Vicksburg law practice and was president of the Mississippi Valley and Ship Island Railroad in the 1870s. He was appointed registrar of the U.S. Land Office at Aberdeen, S.D., in 1885, and moved to San Francisco and went into business around 1890. He died in 1900 while on a business trip in Malvern, England.

From the description of Nathaniel Harrison and James W.M. Harris papers, 1865-1920. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 166919382