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Jeptha Vining Harris (December 1, 1816 – November 21, 1899) was a brigadier general (August 1862 – August 1863) and later, after a year in private life, a colonel (August 1864 – 1865) in the Mississippi militia, who fought in conjunction with the Confederate States Army in Mississippi during the American Civil War (Civil War). His militia brigade served at Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Siege of Vicksburg. Harris and the brigade were part of the Confederate army surrendered to Union Army forces under then Major General Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged in July and mustered out in August, 1863, Harris returned to civilian life. On August 26, 1864, Harris was commissioned as a colonel of militia and given command of forces at Macon, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1836, Harris moved to Lowndes County, Mississippi in 1840 where he became a slaveholder and wealthy planter. He was a state militia officer before the Civil War. He was a Mississippi State Senator from Lowndes County in 1858–1861. After the war, he lived on his Lowndes County farm until his death in 1899. ==Early life== Jeptha Vining Harris〔According to Allardice, 1995, p. 120, Harris is incorrectly identified in United States War Department. ''The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies,'' Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901, Volume XXIV, Part 2, p. 237, , ISBN 978-0-918678-07-2, and by Heitman, Francis B. (''Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army; From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903.'' ) Vol. 1 of 2 vols., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903. , as John V. Harris.〕 was born in Elbert County, Georgia on December 1, 1816.〔Allardice, Bruce S. (''More Generals in Gray.'' ) Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8071-3148-2 (pbk.). Retrieved September 16, 2012. p. 120.〕〔Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 282.〕 His parents were Jeptha Vining and Sarah (Hunt) Harris.〔〔Harris, Gideon Dowse. (''Harris Genealogy'' ). Columbus, Miss., Keith Printing Co., 1914. . Retrieved September 23, 2012. pp. 74–75, 94.〕 The elder Jeptha Vining Harris was a Georgia militia general during the War of 1812, prominent lawyer, planter and state representative.〔〔〔No source found for this article refers to this Jeptha Vining Harris as "Jr." but the cited Harris Genealogy refers to him as "the second" Jeptha Vining Harris.〕 Jeptha Vining Harris graduated from the University of Georgia in 1836.〔〔 He moved to Lowndes County, Mississippi in 1840 where he became a slaveholder and wealthy planter.〔〔 He was a state militia officer before the Civil War.〔 He served in the Mississippi State Senate from Lowndes County in 1858–1861.〔 Jeptha V. Harris married Mary Oliver Banks of Tuscaloosa, Alabama on June 30, 1840.〔Harris, 1914, p. 94.〕 They had the following children who survived to adulthood: Mary O. Harris, Willis Banks Harris (who served on the staff of Confederate Brigadier General Jacob H. Sharp) and Lucy Harris Duncan.〔Harris, 1914, pp. 94–95.〕 Harris was the uncle of Jeptha Vining Harris, a doctor who served in the Confederate States Army and was later a doctor, customs collector and school superintendent at Key West, Florida.〔Harris, 1914, pp. 75–76, 94.〕〔Born, George Walter. ''Preserving Paradise: The Architectural Heritage And History of the Florida Keys''. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59629-152-2. p. 32.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeptha Vining Harris (Mississippi)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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