Background
HARRIS, Nathaniel Harrison was born on August 22, 1834 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States, United States. Son of William Mercer and Caroline (Harrison) Harris.
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Nathaniel Harrison HARRIS
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Education
Private school, southern university.
Career
He attended the University of Louisiana, studied law, and went into law practice in the 1850s with his older brother in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He never married. When the war began, Harris entered the Confederate Army as a captain of the 19th Mississippi Regiment. He displayed gallantry at the Virginia 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. In March 1865, he commanded the inner line of defenses at Richmond, and at Appomattox he was a division commander.
He surrendered with Lee’s army and was soon paroled. After the war, he returned to his Vicksburg law practice. During the 1870s, he was president of the Mississippi Valley and Ship Island Railroad before going to South Dakota.
In 1885, he was appointed registrar of the U.S. Land Office at Aberdeen, South Dakota. Around 1890, he moved to San Francisco and went into business. While on a business trip in Malvern, England, he died on August 23, 1900.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
