Date Original
1861-1865
Description
This collection contains Harrison's diary dated July 1861 to May 1865.
Biographical/Historical Note
Richard Perry Harrison was born in Arkansas on October 12, 1843 to Green and Rebecca Harrison. In July of 1861, at the age of eighteen, Harrison joined the Confederate States Army at Camp Walker in Benton County. He served in the Thirty-Fourth, Arkansas Infantry Company K, Confederate States of America, Engineering Battalion. This collection contains the Civil War diary of Richard Perry Harrison. Harrison describes troop movements throughout Arkansas, different military engagements, his capture by Union troops and subsequent escape, and bouts of sickness that he and his fellow soldiers faced. He also details different building projects, mostly bridges, which the engineering battalion constructed during the war, and the material they used for those projects.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.0173.0010
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Richard Perry Harrison diary, SMC.0173.0010
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Richard Perry Harrison diary, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
