Nathaniel H. Harris
Confederate States Army general
Brigadier-General Nathaniel Harrison Harris (August 22, 1834 – August 23, 1900) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern theater of the American Civil War.
Early life and education
Nathaniel Harrison Harris was born on August 22, 1834, at Natchez, Mississippi. Harris graduated from the University of Louisiana law school (present-day Tulane University Law School) and practiced his profession in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He never married. His brother J. W. N. Harris became a lawyer in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1852, and Nathaniel Harris joined him in partnership in 1856.
American Civil War
In early 1861, Harris organized a Mississippi militia company called the "Warren Rifles" and was captain of the company on April 25, 1861. On June 1, 1861, the company became Company C of the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. The regiment soon was sent to Virginia, but did not engage in the First Battle of Bull Run or other significant action until the Battle of Williamsburg in the Peninsula Campaign. He was promoted to major on March 5, 1862. His regiment went on to fight in the Battle of Seven Pines and the Seven Days Battles.
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