Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXXVI, August 1928, No. 8, page 308 James Augustus Harris James Augustus Harris was born in Russell County, Ala., December 27, 1846, and when about sixteen years of age he enlisted in the 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, serving with this regiment three years and six months. He was then transferred to the Signal Corps. Pinto Battery, in Mobile Bay near Pensacola, Fla., and after a year of service here he rejoined his old command, General Shelby commanding, and served until the surrender in Virginia. His early manhood was spent in Alabama, coming to California in 1903 and finally locating in San Diego, where he died, April 27, 1928. Surviving him are his wife, a daughter, and two grandsons, all of San Diego. Thus has passed on a noble, simple soul, knowing only the kindly smile, the friendly word that has made this world the sweeter for his having lived in it. His greatest satisfaction was found in really living the maxim, "Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days," taking his reward not in the material return, but in the love and loyalty of his fellow man and in the peace that comes with that last "Well done." We made him a floral pillow, the old battle flag of the Confederacy, and we covered him over with the Stars and Bars; and so he rests 'neath the flags he served so loyally. Sleep on, gentle spirit, Sweet rest through the night; Peacefully sleep till the Dawn Wakes the world with its light. [Contributed by Maude Ann Marker, of the Maj. Hugh G. Given Chapter, U.D.C., San Diego, Calif.]