The Washington herald., 1907-12-22

conducted himself as 20 win the affection
OF the Mississipplans among whom he was
sent-as difficult a task, in its way, as
his fighting in the civil war.
Gen Pennypacker never has married
He was known as one Of the handSomest
men in the army at about the time he
won his stars. and tie portrait here given.
frcm a steel engraving OF that period.
bears out this reputation. He IS fine
looking old chap to-day, but there are
no pictures Of him as a griZzled veteran
and never will bG.
Harrison "a Colonel At 23.
Young Harrison won his rank as briga-
der general before he was twenty-fOur.
After serving with the First Georgia
Regiment until some time in the winter
Of lS6l-2. he was made colonel OF the
Fifth Georgia. which he commanded on
| the coast for six months. Then he or
ganized and was made colonel Of the
! Thirty-second Georgia infantry, serving
with that rank. but in command Of
| brigade, for about fifteen months, until
| the winter of 1851. just after rendering
| exceptionally brilliant services IN the de-
csive battle Of Olustee Fla, which
defeated the Federal expedition under
! Seymour, organized for the purpose Of
i isoIating the State from the remainder ot
/ the COnfederacy.
/ Before that, IN 1Sc3. he had been a big
factor in the defense of Charleston, and
during the Federal assault upon Fort
Wagner. on July -, 1863. he arrived with
his regiment 5ust in time to reinforce the
garrison at a critical moment and pre-
cipitated the disastrous defeat" Of the
| Federals Later. after the fail OF Fort
/ Wagner, in which Pennypacker was a
! factor. Harrison was sent 10 Christ
/ Church parish, and part of his command
] garrisoned Sumter until 1850. when the
Stars and Bars gave way 10 the Stars
and Stripes.
After winning his brlgadier's rank, he
continued IN command OF a brigade TO A
p. Stewards corps during the campaign
in the Carollnas. He was at Honey Hill
and Pocotaligo. and for several weeks
| commanded the line on the Goose
whatchie. with continuous skirmishing
against superior forces until Hardee could
achievements Of the war" 10 quote a his
torian.
Wounded Three Times.
He was engaged. subsequently, In va
rious South Carolina actions, and kept up
a running fight on the march 10 Averas-
boro. covering the retreat Of Hardee.
Finally he was at the battle Of Benton
I vile. the last important action in the
Carolinas. lie was a brave commander,
and never shirked danger. He was
wounded three times. twice on Johns Isl
and and once at OIustee, where his horse
was shot from under him
For a time in 1854. he was in command
at Florence, 5. c.. where he built a stock
ade for Federal prisoners and had charge
Of about 25,0o0 captives. His treatment OF
them was so humane that when Savan-
nah fen his family. then in that city was
mentioned for special protection by the
Federal commander.
At the close Of the war Gen. Harrison
had just passed his tWenty-fourth birth
day. and he returned 20 Savannah al
once In a short time, however. he re-
moved 20 Opelika. Ala, where he has
now dwclt for more than forty years
There he studied law. and built up q bis
practice, combining it for a while with
the running of a plantation For a year
he was COmmandant OF the cadets Of the
university of Alabama. and. OF course. hC
has been active in politics most OF the
J . time. serving in the constitutional con
! vention OF 1875. in the State senate froE
1876 10 1854. and I'm Congress at Washing.
ton during a part OF the Fifty-third and
the whole of the Fifty-fourJh Congress
He is a big Methodist and a prominent
Mason. beside being major general com
, manding the Alabama Division OF III,
United Confederate Veterans.
, Copyright, 1877. by Dexter Marshanl