..."Yesterday morning Colonels Likens and Harrison attacked four gunboats and two transports at Montgomery. One of the gunboats was a heavy ironclad casemated boat, and had been unable to pass the bar below Montgomery. The other boats remained to assist her. About 9 a.m. our sharpshooters opened and killed many of the enemy, his men being exposed in all directions working. After some delay the gunboats opened a heavy fire and commenced moving down. The large ironclad struck on the bar, when the enemy blew her up and continued down the river, our men following for some distance. A small party of General Liddell's command cooperated from the opposite bank. We lost 2 killed and 4 wounded."...
I would like to know the full name of Col Harrison and the name of his unit. I am also curious to know if there is a historical marker in Montgomery to commemorate the fight. Any help is appreciated. I am doing research for a future book on Likens' 35th Texas Cavalry that I plan to write, hence the interest.