Twenty-one-year-old Joseph Harrison enrolled in Company E, 8th Enrolled Missouri Militia as a private on July 29, 1863, at St. Louis, Missouri. On July 1, 1864, he was promoted to first lieutenant of Company E, where he served until he resigned on September 22, 1864.

Carte-de-Visite by Nichols & Bros, St. Louis, Mo.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 11693