Comments on: D. B. Harris Map http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/map/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/map/#comment-17292 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:26:46 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7670#comment-17292 Allan, David Bullock Harris was an 1833 graduate of West Point. He resigned two years after graduation and became an engineer on canals and railways, then settled into planter life. He’s listed on most OOBs as an a-d-c to Beuaregard at BR1, but also appears to have been working on Cocke’s staff. Harris would be with Beauregard for the rest of the war, and under Bory’s direction Harris planned and constructed the defenses of Charleston, SC. He died of yellow fever in Summerville, SC in October 1864, before his promised promotion to Brigadier General could be formally finalized. Check out this site:

http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/vacwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=5680

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/map/#comment-17270 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:49:15 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7670#comment-17270 While I’d love to take credit for it, the thanks all go to Jim Burgess and the good folks at NPS Manassas NBP.

]]> By: John Hennessy http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/map/#comment-17268 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:01:17 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7670#comment-17268 Harry, this is probably the single most important map ever done of the First Manassas battlefield. Back in my NPS Bull Run days, we referred to it constantly. Much of the artillery on the field today conforms with this map. Thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: Allan Guy http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/map/#comment-17266 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:07:14 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7670#comment-17266 Harry-this is amazing. Thank you so much for posting. For a sketch, it is amazingly clear. Anyone fairly familiar to the area can see the layout well and if you have hiked over this area, some of the old roads/landmarks are immediately familiar. I appreciate you posting this and glad it is a recent acquisition to the Battlefield.

Know what is the story of the engineer who rendered this map-D.B. Harris?

Best,

Allan Guy
http://www.aguystudio.com

]]> By: Lyle http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/map/#comment-17265 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:58:10 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7670#comment-17265 I forgot to add that that’s the best original/time of battle map I’ve seen so far for the Battle of Manassas. Other historical maps I find hard to comprehend.

]]> By: Lyle http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/map/#comment-17264 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:39:49 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7670#comment-17264 It looks to show movment, cause it has the Confederates having overrun the Federal batteries on Henry Hill,

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