Benjamin Harrison, student 1859-1860

Harrison, brother of Joseph M. Harrison (student 1860-1861), enlisted as a private on March 5, 1862, in Captain Scott's Company of Burroughs' Battalion, designated as Co. D of the 14th Battalion VA Cavalry. He was later was assigned to Co. K of the 15th VA Cavalry when the cavalry was reorganized. He was captured in Suffolk, VA on July 18, 1863 and taken to Fort Monroe, VA, where he was paroled and exchanged on August 4, 1863. He is present at the final roll of the company in 1864. According to a family genealogy/history published in the 1970s, Benjamin was "stabbed to death on the way home from the Civil War."