Harris Genealogy

Harris Genealogy

HARRIS GENEALOGY 87 my in the 14th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry; was taken a prisoner of war at Fort Donaldson, Tennessee, and sent to Camp Douglas at Chicago, Illinois. He made his escape from prison, succeeding in reaching his home at Columbus, Missis­ sippi. Soon after this his regiment was exchanged and sent into the field and he served with them until the close of the war in 1865. After the war he attended the Penn. Medical College at Philadelphia, Pa., and graduated in medicine in 1868. He located in St. Louis, Missouri, where he practiced his profession until the time of his death, January 17th, 1871. He never married. Mary Dowse Harris, fourth child of Colonel George H. Har­ ris and his wife, Mary W. Dowse, was born March 1st, 1844. She married Dr. Charles Sterling Price of Florence. Alabama, on December 18th, 1862. Their children are: Irene Price. She married Wm. Fewell of Meridian, Mis- sissippi. Mary Price. She married Caldwell Maxwell. Lulie Price. She married Edwin Carter. Charles Price, Jr. He married Francis Birdsong. They have one child, hene Price. Gideon Dowse Harris, son of Colonel George H. Harris and Mary W. Dowse, was born in Columbus, Mississippi, on June 9th, 1846. After finishing the High School in Columbus, Mississippi, in 1860 he entered the University of Georgia in 1861. In 1862 he laid down his books, with other students, and entered the service of the Confederate States as a ''Special Messenger'' in the Ordinance Department under Major William Richardson Hunt. His duties were to carry money, official pa­ per:> and arms and ammunition to points where they were needed by troops in the field. I was then sixteen years old. In the early part of 1863 I enlisted in the regular army and was or­ derly Sgt. (1st Sgt ) Co. H. Sixth Mississippi Cavalry Regi­ ment, Mabry's Brigade, Forrest Cavalry Command. We had seventy boys in this Company under twenty-one years of age. I was in more than twenty fights under Forrest in the two and one-half years that I belonged to his command. Was wounded .

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