Harrison, who attended Andrew College in Jackson, TN from 1860-1861 in between his two years at R-MC, enlisted on August 10, 1862 as a private in the Richmond "Parker" VA Light Artillery Battery. He was paroled at Burkeville, VA in mid-April, 1865.
Harrison graduated from Missouri University (later the University of Missouri at Columbia, MO) in 1873. From 1873-1874, he was a professor of mathematics at Franklin College in Clarksville, AR (Franklin College was a high school for girls sponsored by the Masonic Lodge from 1870-1876 in Franklin County). Harrison was married in MO in June 1874 at the end of the school year. By 1880, he had moved to Trinidad, CO, where he was a store clerk. The 1890 Veteran's Census places him in Socorro, NM and states that he had enlisted at Petersburg, VA. The 1894 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity directory indicates he was a merchant in Socorro,NM and the 1900 census lists his occupation as a lead & copper miner in Socorro, NM. The 1906 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity directory indicates he was involved in mining in El Paso, TX. By 1910, he had moved to Alameda County, CA, where he died on May 26, 1912. Harrison is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego, CA.
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