Captain Thomas W. Harris was mustered into service as a private in Company C. Captured at Spottsylvania, Va., and was one of the six hundred Confederate officers exposed to the fire of our guns on Morris Island, S. C. He was graduated at Oxford, Ga. He is a splendid gentleman and a devout Christian, but not one of those longfaced, sad looking members of the church that we sometimes meet, but a good-hearted, jovial gentleman who is full of fun and enjoys a good joke, even if it is at his own expense. Captain Harris was a brave and gallant soldier. His residence is now in Chicago,Ill. His photograph is on page 262 of the book below.
From
History of the Doles-Cook brigade of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.: Containing Muster Rolls Of Each Company Of The Fourth, Twelfth, Twenty-first And Forty-fourth Georgia Regiments, With A Short Sketch Of The Services Of Each Member, And A Complete History Of Each Regiment, By One Of Its Own Members And Other Matters Of Interest BY HENRY W. THOMAS
Also found this reference...
"June 6th to 12th—Captain Waldhauer, of Georgia Hussars, from Savannah, Georgia, a small, quiet, gentlemanly officer, who had lost his right arm in battle, but on recovery, returned to the command of his company, and was captured while bravely fighting below Petersburg, has been released. He sent me from Philadelphia a large blank book, of which I propose to make a prison Album. Several of my friends have contributed articles, at my request, writing brief biographical sketches of themselves, giving their war histories, the battles in which they have been engaged, circumstances of their capture, prison life, etc. Articles which I value very highly have been written by Captain J. W. Fannin, Sixty-first Alabama; Lieutenant W. S. Bird, Eleventh Alabama; Captain T. W. Harris, Twelfth Georgia regiment; Lieutenant G. R. Waldman, Forty-fourth Virginia; Captain J. Whann McSherry, Thirty-sixth Virginia; Captain W. A. McBryde, Third Alabama; Lieutenat H. C. Pool, Tenth North Carolina troops; Lieutenant James K. Kinman, Twelfth Georgia battalion infantry; Lieutenant A. H. Mansfield, Eighth North Carolina; Lieutenant W. A. Scott, Twelfth Georgia artillery; Captain A. E. Hewlett, Twelfth Alabama; Captain W. H. Harrison, Thirty-first Georgia, and Colonel J. W. Hinton, Sixty-eighth North Carolina."
Southern Historical Society Vol. III - Page 254
rev. j. william jones, d - 1877
And this...
"Rev. (Captain) Tom W. Harris, of the Twelfth Georgia regiment, an old college-mate, preached for us several Sundays, and a Baptist preacher, a substitute in my company, Rev. E. J. Rogers, also gave us religious services."
Southern Historical Society Vol. XXXIII page 234- 1905
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David Upton