Military: CWR: Harrison, Charles James of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Harrison, Charles James

* Born Aug. 4, 1841 in Wheeling, W. Va. 
* Died Nov. 6, 1932 in Somerset, Pa. 
* Buried in Union Cemetery, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Captain Co. I 6th W. Va. Infantry 
* Enrolled Sept. 27, 1861 
* Discharged Nov. 1864 
* Served Sept. 27, 1861 - Nov. 25, 1864 
* Disability - Rupture 
* Residence in 1925 - Somerset 
* Brother of Samuel B. and Forsythe Harrison 
* Commissioned Captain, being one of the youngest men in the army to hold such 
rank 
* Appointed to the staff of General Cluseret 
* Height - 5' 8"; Complexion - Light; Hair - Brown; Eyes - Blue 
* Occupation - Deputy Collector U. S. Revenue, Cumberland, Maryland 
* Invalid Pension: Applied Mar. 9, 1880, Application #352382, Certificate 
#712506

SOURCE:
* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* 1890 Veterans Census, Somerset Borough, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Meyersdale Republican Oct. 15, 1925 
* Harrison Family History, Rootsweb.com
* Meyersdale Republican Sept. 29, 1927 
* Soldiers and Sailors System 
* Biographical Review, Meyersdale Library 
* Footnote.com 
* Charles Cook Papers, Meyersdale Labrary