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Note for: Benjamin Harris, ABT 1824 - AFT MAY 1902
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Event: Type: Record Change
Date: 26 JUN 2002
Individual Note: [crystal harris.FTW]
Fought in the Civil War/CSA
1860 Cumberland county, TN census (Wife Rutha)
Lived next door to David Knox in 1850 Bledsoe county TN cen sus. Married to a Rutha J. _____. then married Harriet Kn ox who lived next door. Records show he married the secon d time before the death of first wife. Same children sho w in both families. Lived on Waldens Ridge, Cumberland coun ty, TN.
1850 MAURY CO, TN CENSUS?
DEATH DATE PER CURTIS HARRIS FAMILY BIBLE
1860 CUMBERLAND CO TN CENSUS (SANDY MILLS)
1870 CUMBERLAND CO TN CENSUS
1900 Cumberland co, KY census
Check Chatham, NorthCarolina
Check a Benjamin Harris born 1827 in Greenville Co South Ca rolina?
Check Benjamin Harris in 1850 Rhea county TN census page 27 2 ID# TNS5a750723
Show a Benjamin Harris, residence Franklin County, enliste d in Confederacy 26 Aug 1863 at Sullivan's Island, SC a s a private, 43 years old. Served NC, Enlisted F Co. 8th In f Reg NC/Source: NC Troops 1861-1865, A roster
Lowell R. Harris (the man who told the story about the shoo ting in Cumberland Mtns) 8215 Chestnut Hill Rd. Rt. 7 Box1 84 (old address) Crossville, TN 38558 931-484-8537
Co A 1st Carters TN Cav Co D 19th TN Inf Co B 43 TN Inf C o I 24 TN Inf Co I 63 TN Mtd. Inf.
Death date cannot be right as Benjamin signed papers in Cum berland county, KY with wife Ritte Knox Harris in Feb 1901.
1835 TN Pension Rolls lists:
BENJAMIN HARRIS
WHITE COUNTY
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA LINE
$20.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$60.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED
FEBRUARY 28, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 83
Could his parents be Peter Harris and Elizabeth Spain?
DAVID HARRIS
DAVIDSON COUNTY
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA CONT'L LINE
$96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$859.48 AMOUNT RECEIVED
JULY 16, 1819 PENSION STARTED
AGE 68
DIED MAY 13,1827
EDWIN HARRIS
ROBERTSON COUNTY
PRIVATE
NORTH CAROLINA LINE
$20.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$60.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED
OCTOBER 29, 1832 PENSION STARTED
AGE 76
HUGH HARRIS
WASHINGTON COUNTY
CORPORAL
NORTH CAROLINA CONT'L LINE
$96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$996.80 AMOUNT RECEIVED
APRIL 10, 1824 PENSION STARTED
AGE 89
JONATHAN HARRIS
WHITE COUNTY
PRIVATE
NORTH CAROLINA LINE
$20.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$60.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED
SEPTEMBER 30, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 83
THOMAS HARRIS
GIBSON COUNTY
PRIVATE
NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA
$20.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$ AMOUNT RECEIVED
OCTOBER 15, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 80
1st (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Organized Nov, 1862 by the addition of other companies to w hat was originally 3rd (Brazelton's), later 14th (Carter's ) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. Brazelton's Battalion was a lso called the 2nd Battalion and the 5th Tennessee Cavalr y Battalion.
Field Officers
Colonel - James E. Carter
Lieutenant Colonel - Onslow Bean
Majors - A. M. Goforth, John B. King, Richard S. VanDyke
The 3rd (Brazelton's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion was organ ized with six companies in 1861 as a twelve month organizat ion, with Lieutenant Colonel William Brazelton, Jr., and Ma jor James C. Bradford as Field Officers. On March 27, 186 2 the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office ordered: "Th e 3rd Cavalry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel William Brazelt on, Jr., with companies of Captains McHenry, McCaskill, Ble dsoe and Sanders, are hereby organized into a regiment to b e known and designated as the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regimen t, with colonel William Brazelton Jr., and Lieutenant Colon el James F. Brewer as field officers. This order was appare ntly never put into effect, for on May 12, 1862, the battal ion was reorganized with James E. Carter as Lieutenant Colo nel, and Onslow Bean as Major, and was officially recognize d as the 14th (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. Final ly on November 14, 1862, the battalion was increased to a r egiment by the addition of four other companies; two othe r companies were added in 1863. The company letters were ch anged at the reorganization as the 14th Battalion, and agai n at the organization fo the regiment. The original compani es, with changes in company letter, shown, were as follows:
Regiment 14th Battalion Orig inal
C o A B B Organized at Sulphur Springs, Rhea county, Captains Burton Lenty (Leuty), Green B. Keys. C o B C C Organized August 7, 1861 at Cleve- land, Bradley county, with men from Hamilton county. Capts. William Snow, John B. King, David N. Montgomery. C o C D A Organized August 3, 1861 at Athens, McMinn county. Men from McMinn and Monroe. Gapts J. A. Gouldy, Richard S. VanDyke, Andrew J. Thompson. C o D F E Organized Aug 5, 1861 at Knoxville with men from Rhea, Roane and Bledsoe counties. Capts. Tim Bradley, William T. Gass, Weather- ston S. Greer. C o E E D Organized Aug 8, 1861 at Knoxville, with men from Union and Knox co. Capts. John Robertson, E. Hurst, John J. Jarnagin, D. C. Smart. C o KA F Organized Jul 20, 1861, at Mossy Creek, Jefferson county. Capts John F. Baker, James C. Bradford, Alex M. Goforth, Richard M. Swear- ingen.
Additonal companies added at organization of the regiment:
Co F Organized Aug 10, 186 2 from Claiborne county. No muster
roll on file. Capt . R. Frank Fulkerson.
Co G Formerly Co L, 64 th No rth Carolina Infantry Regiment.
Organized Sep 17, 1 862 at Maryville, Blount co. Capts A. P.
Wiggs, J. M. Kidd.
Co H Formerly Co G, Thomas ' North Carolina Legion. Organized
Sep 24, 1862 from Je fferson co. Capts David Neff, T.
Coursey.
Co I Formerly Co D, Thomas ' North Carolina Legion. Organized
Sep 25, 1862 in Blou nt co. Capts. William C. Wallace. No
muster roll on file.
Later additions to the regiment:
Co L Organized as six month t roops Aug 1863 in Claiborne Co.
Ordered by Lt. Gen. J ames Longstreet into permanent
organization Mar 9, 1 864. Capt William A. Blackburn. No
muster roll on file.
Co M Organized Sep 3, 1863 a t Jonesboro, from a number of con-
scripts enlisted with in the enemy lines. Attached to this reg-
iment by Brig Gen Joh n C. Vaughn, Mar 11, 1864. Men from
Washington, Sulliva n and Carter counties. Not accounted for
on regimental roste r dated Feb 1865, Capt Edward Gammon.
Prior to the organization of the regiment, the battalion ha d been operating in teh neighborhood of Cumberland and Bi g Creek Gaps, along the line of railroad. When the regimen t was organized it was assigned to Brig Gen John Pegram's C avalry Brigade to Lt Gen E. Kirby Smith's Department. Thi s brigade was composed of Howard's Alabama Regiment, 2nd (A shby's), 4th (Starnes'), J. E. Carter's Tennessee Cavalry R egiment, and Marshall's Battery. Prior to the Battle of Mur freesboro, on Dec 29, 1862, Carter's Regiment joined Brig G en Joseph Wheeler's Brigade, and participated in his raid a round the Federal Army from Jefferson Springs to LaVergne , to Nolensville, to Murfreesboro. It was engaged on Dec 3 1 along the Murfreesboro Pike. Following this battle, the r egiment returned to Pegram's Brigade, in the Department o f East Tennessee under Brig Gen D. S. Donelson. On Feb 20 , 1863, this brigade was reported as composed of the 1st Ge orgia, 1st Louisiana, 1st (Carter's) Tennessee, 2nd (Ashby' s) Tennessee Regiments, the 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalio n, Captain N. C. Langford's Escort, and Huwald's Battery an d was near Clinton, Tennessee.
However, Captain R. S. VanDyke's Company C had been detache d to Col A. W. Raynolds' Brigade in the Department of Missi ssippi and Eastern Louisiana, and served in the campaign ar ound Vicksburg, and the siege of Vicksburg, until the surre nder of that city on July 4, 1863, when it was temporaril y attached to Col T. N. Waul's Texas Legion.
With Pegram's Brigade, the regiment took part in operation s in Lincoln, Boyle and Garrard counties of Kentucky, and w as engaged Mar 30, 1863 at the junction of the Stanford an d Crab Orchard Roads where it was under the command of Co l J. S. Scott, of the 1st Louisiana Regiment. Gen Pegram' s comment on this operation is interesting: "For Col Scott' s operations, I refer you to the accompanying report. Touch ing this curious document I have only to say that I canno t but admire the ingenuity with which Col Scott has attempt ed to account for disobedience of orders and dilatoriness o f action which it is my sincere belief lost us the fight. " Col. Carter reported five officers and 32 men as casualti es in this operation.
On Apr 25, 1863, Col J. J. Morrison was reported in comman d of the brigade, now listed as composed of 1st GA, 1st an d 2nd TN reg, 12th and 16ht Cavalry battalions, and Huwald' s Battery. The brigade was at Albany, Kentucky on May 1, a t Travisville, Fentress county, KY on May 2. On July 23, t he Chief of Staff, at Knoxville, ordered Col Scott, then co mmanding the brigade to send 300 horses of 1st (Carter's) R egiment to Loudon, TN. On July 31, Pegram's Brigade, consis ting of 1st and 6th GA Reg, 7th NC Bat, 1 TN Reg, Rucker' s Legion, and Huwald's Battery was reported at Ebenezer. O n Aug 15, Carter's Reg. was reportedd as operating near Cli nton. It particpated in the fighting around Cumberland Ga p which resulted in the capture of that point by the Federa l troops on Sep 9, 1863, but the regiment had escaped up the
valley before the surrender, and on Sep 11 Col Carter was r eported in command of the brigade near Lee Courthouse. On S ep 18, Carter's Regiment was driven from the ford above Kin gsport after a severe fight.
Somewhere about this time, the regiment was assigned to Bri g Gen John S. Williams' Cavalry Brigade, composed of the 16 th GA Bat, 4th KY Reg, 10th KY Bat, May's KY Reg, 1st TN an d 64th VA reg., which on Oct 31, 1863 was reported at Saltv ille, VA. On the same date, Oct 31, 1863, Special Order Num ber 282 of the Army of TN placed 1st (Carter's) Regiment i n the 2nd Brigade of Maj Gen Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Corp s near Knoxville ordered: "Brig Gen W. Y. C. Humes will pro ceed to Dalton, GA and report to Brig Gen H. B. Davidson fo r assignment to a a cavalry brigade composed of the followi ng regiments: 1st (6th) Wheeler's, 1st (Carter's), 4th (Bax ter Smith's), 11th (Homan's). On November 20, 1863, Genera l Bragg's organization of the Army of TN showed the regimen t in Brig Gen Henry B. Davidson's Brigade, maj Gen John A . Wharton's Division, Maj Gen Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Corp s. This listed the brigade as composed of 1st (Carter's), 2 nd (Ashby's), 4th (McLemore's), 6th (James T. Wheeler's), a nd 11th (Holman's) Regiments.
Despite these order, Carter's Regiment was reported near Ro gersville on Nov 1, in Williams' Brigade, with Col H. L. Gi ltner commanding. On Nov 30, and on Dec 31, Colonel Carte r was reported as commanding the brigade. Perhaps the expla nation for this apparent contradiction may be found in a st atement by Colonel Carter in his sketch of the regiment i n Lindsley's Annals. He stated that Captain Swearingen's Co mpany K was with General Johnston on his memorable march fr om Dalton to Atlanta, and did some hard fighting. Apparentl y this company was listed in orders of battle as the 1st T N Cavalry Regiment, for it was mentioned in Federal report s of the fighting around Marietta, GA on Jun 20, 1864, an d was shown as a member of Ashby's Brigade, of Hume's Divis ion on Jun 30, 1864.
In the meantime, Captain VanDyke's company C had returned f rom Mississippi, and on Nov 24, 1863 was at Charleston, T N with Col John C. Carter's 38th TN Inf Reg. Colonel Carte r highly commended Capt VanDyke and his 44 men for the par t they played in helping his forces to evacuate Charlesto n without being captured. Capt Van Dyke's company later bec ame major, but it is not known whether or not Swearingen' s company was ever reunited with the rest of the regiment.
On Apr 16, 1864, the regiment was transferred to Vaughn's B rigade, of Brig Gen J. C. Vaughn's Division, and reported 2 48 men present. It remained in this brigade until the end o f the war. As part of Vaughn's Brigade, the regiment move d into VA in early 1864, fought at the Battle of Piedmont , or New Hope Church, and in the subsequent campaign in th e Valley of VA under General Jubal Early. On Aug 22, 1864 , Maj Gen Ransom recommended the consolidation of the 12t h and 16th TN Cav Bat with the 1st TN regiment under Colone l Carter, whom he called " a fine officer." This recommenda tion was not accepted and these units continued in the sam e brigade, as separate organizations.
The last record of the regiment on Feb 28, 1865, showed i t still in Vaughn's Brigade, with Brig Gen John Echols in c omand of the Department. Echols disbanded his forces upon l earning of the surrender of General Lee at Appomatox Courth ouse.