Harrison was a clerk in Petersburg, VA when he enlisted on July 29, 1861 as a private in Co. A of the 12th VA Infantry, the Petersburg City Guard. He was listed as sick in hospital in Richmond and in Petersburg from June until December 1862, when on Dec. 1, 1862 he was detailed for duty as a hospital steward. On February 18, 1863, he was promoted to the position of hospital steward at General Hospital No. 20, also know as Royster's Hospital, in Richmond, VA.
By 1880, Harrison was living in Wilmington, NC where he was a dealer in hats. He died on September 9, 1887 and is buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, NC.
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