Alfred Harris

In 1860 he was a prosperous farmer with 6 slaves at Algood in the Spartanburg District, SC. He enlisted at Camp Hampton near Columbia, SC on 8 January 1862 and mustered as First Sergeant of Company K, 18th South Carolina Infantry. He was elected brevet 2nd (3rd) Lieutenant on 5 May 1862, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 15 July, and to First Lieutenant on 30 August.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange, arriving on 6 October. He was admitted to a Richmond, VA hospital on 8 October with typhoid fever, and was formally exchanged on 10 November. He resigned his commission on 4 April 1863, writing "I prefer tendering my resignation rather than to go before the board of examiners for promotion."

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was farming at Limestone Springs in Spartanburg County, SC. By 1900 and to at least 1910 he was farming in Cherokee County, SC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

10/21/1836 in SC

05/09/1913; Cherokee County, SC; burial in Smith Harris Cemetery, Gaffney, SC