Theresa,

I also ran across this history of Mr. Harrison.

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Collection Title: Harrison (George Paul) Letter

Collection Number: M241

Dates: January 23, 1897

Volume: 1 item

Provenance: Donated by Ernest A. Walen to the University of Southern Mississippi in October 1969. This collection was separated from M123.

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Biographical/Historical Sketch:

George Paul Harrison (1841-1922), born near Savannah, Georgia, graduated from the Georgia Military Institute in 1861 and immediately entered Confederate Service as a second lieutenant in the 1st Georgia Regulars. He was later promoted to colonel commanding the 5th, then the 32nd Georgia Infantry and was given a brigade in July 1863. Various sources say he was promoted to brigadier-general in the winter of 1864 or spring of 1865. Harrison practiced law in Alabama after the war, was a delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Conventions of 1875 and 1901, served as an Alabama state senator from 1878-1884 and 1900-1904, and as a U.S. Representative from the state of Alabama during 1894-1897. Harrison died on July 17, 1922.

Thanks,
Gary D. Bray