★★★ Harrison, Richard

Richard Harrison Sr.
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Born: March 3, 1821

Birthplace: Jefferson County, Alabama

Father: Isham Harrison Sr. 1788 – 1863

(Buried: Old Aberdeen Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi)​

Mother: Hariett Kelly 1789 – 1856

(Buried: Old Aberdeen Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi)​

1st​ Wife: Mary Ragsdale 1825 – 1855

(Buried: Old Aberdeen Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi)​

2nd​ Wife: Mary "Mollie" Tompkins 1839 – 1869

(Buried: First Street Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

3rd​ Wife: Emma Buck 1837 – 1933

(Buried: First Street Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

Children:

Anna William "Nannie" Harrison Buck 1848 – 1888​

(Buried: First Street Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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Dr. Isham Harrison 1853 – 1886​

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Richard Harrison Jr. 1859 – 1869​

(Buried: First Street Cemetery, Waco, Texas)

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John Tompkins Harrison 1862 – 1911​

(Buried: First Street Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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William Buck Harrison 1874 – 1878​

(Buried: First Street Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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Richard Buck Harrison 1876 – 1964​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: 1st​ Lt. In 11th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​

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1862: 1st​ Lt. In 43rd​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Major of 43rd​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1865: Colonel of 43rd​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Participated in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign, Captured​

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1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign​

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1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1876: Medical Doctor in Waco Texas​

Died: November 1, 1876

Place of Death: Waco, Texas

Age at time of Death: 55 years old

Burial Place: First Street Cemetery, Waco, Texas

 

[Pollaco]

I can find no affirmation of his being commissioned a general in the Confederate Army. As to his title of general it was either with the state troops or he was a Kirby Smith appointee. I don't recall him on that list of Smith generals.

 

[JimmerDog]

He was a late Kirby appointee, similar what happened to J.W. Speight who was nominated by Kirby in 1863 but for health reasons resigned before the appointment was approved. Richard is buried alongside his other two general brothers, James and Thomas, here in Waco.

 

[JimmerDog]

He was a late Kirby appointee, similar what happened to J.W. Speight who was nominated by Kirby in 1863 but for health reasons resigned before the appointment was approved. Richard is buried alongside his other two general brothers, James and Thomas, here in Waco.

AI RESPONSE:

• General Officer Command (Brigadier General): In January 1865, Harrison was officially appointed and elevated to the rank of Brigadier General by the Confederate government under President Jefferson Davis. At this late stage of the war, he was assigned a broader brigade-level command in Mississippi

Unlike the field promotions made by Edmund Kirby Smith in the isolated Trans-Mississippi Department, Harrison's operations in the Western theater allowed his promotion to go through the standard Confederate bureaucratic channels for official approval.