A carte-de-visite bust portrait photograph of Charles L. Harris. He is shown in a field grade officers coat, shirt and tie.
]]>After the war Colonel Harris headed west, like many other Civil War veterans, and settled in Cedar County, Nebraska, where he worked as a lawyer and merchant. Interestingly, his loyal and trustworthy Captain, Jesse Miller, followed him to Nebraska. Harris used his Civil War accomplishments to further his interest in politics and became a Nebraska State Senator. He and his wife Mary had two children, a son and daughter. The colonel died tragically after an automobile accident in Omaha. He was a passenger in a vehicle that rolled over. Though trapped for a period of time under the automobile, he was released and seemed in good spirits, save for some scratches and bruises. But unfortunately he had internal bleeding and soon after went into shock, and a week later, on October 11th, 1910, at the age of 75, passed away.
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