Thomas Harrison ( general ) Thomas Harrison ( May 1 , 1823 - July 14 , 1891 ) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War . He had a law practice in Waco , Texas after moving to Texas in 1843 . He was a Mexican - American War veteran and Texas state legislator before the war . After the war , he was a district judge at Waco and was a Democratic Party politician and Presidential elector . Early life . Thomas Harrison was born on May 1 , 1823 in Jefferson County , Alabama . He was raised in Monroe County , Mississippi . He was a brother of Confederate Brigadier General James E . Harrison . Thomas Harrison moved to Brazoria County , Texas in 1843 and studied law , establishing a law practice at Waco . He returned to Mississippi in order to become a member of the 1st Mississippi Rifles , commanded by future Confederate President Jefferson Davis during the Mexican - American War . Harrison served a term in the Texas legislature from Harris County . He then settled in Waco , Texas . He was the captain of a volunteer militia company and served for a time in West Texas . American Civil War . After service in West Texas , Harrison ' s militia company joined the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment of the Confederate States Army , which was known as " Terry ' s Texas Rangers , " after a measles epidemic caused a large reduction in the number of men in the regiment . Harrison began his service as captain and was promoted to major in early 1862 . He fought with the regiment at the Battle of Shiloh , Siege of Corinth and Battle of Perryville . Harrison became colonel of the regiment on November 18 , 1862 , about six weeks before the Battle of Stones River ( Murfreesboro , Tennessee ) and led the regiment at that battle . Harrison was wounded in the hip on January 1 , 1863 at Stones River . He subsequently led the regiment during the Tullahoma Campaign . Between July 1863 and April 26 , 1865 , Harrison commanded cavalry brigades in the divisions of Brigadier General John A . Wharton ( including Major General William T . Martin ' s detachment ) , Brigadier General Frank Crawford Armstrong and Brigadier General William Y . C . Humes in Major General Joseph Wheeler ' s Cavalry Corps of the Army of Tennessee and the Department of South Carolina , Georgia and Florida . His regiment and brigade often were used as scouts . Harrison fought under the command of Cavalry Corps commander Major General Joseph Wheeler at the Battle of Chickamauga and in the Knoxville Campaign , Atlanta campaign , Savannah Campaign ( Sherman ' s March to the Sea ) and the Carolinas Campaign . Despite being in brigade command for a considerable period of time , Harrison was not appointed as a brigadier general until near the end of the war , February 18 , 1865 , to rank from January 14 , 1865 . His brigade was placed in Brigadier General Robert H . Anderson ' s division in Lieutenant General Wade Hampton ' s cavalry corps during the Carolinas Campaign . Harrison was wounded at the Battle of Monroe ' s Crossroads in North Carolina on March 10 , 1865 . He was paroled at Macon , Georgia on May 31 , 1865 and pardoned on March 29 , 1866 . Aftermath . Harrison returned to Waco after the end of the war . He was elected district judge . He became an anti - Reconstruction Democrat . He was a Democratic Party Presidential Elector in 1872 . Thomas Harrison died July 14 , 1891 at Waco , Texas and is buried at Waco . See also . List of American Civil War generals ( Confederate )