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Confederate (CSA)

Private

John R. Harris

(c. 1841 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Cobb's (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

A 20 year old farmer in Carrollton, he enlisted at Bowdon, GA as Private, Company B, Cobb's Legion Infantry on 30 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action in Maryland, probably at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from Hugh W. Barrow in the roster appended to his book Private James R. Barrow and Company B, Cobb's Legion Infantry (1996) [pdf].

Birth

c. 1841

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD