User talk:Mike Cline/Articles Under Contemplation/Moses Harris (Medal of Honor)
Moses Harris | |
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Born | [1] Andover, New Hampshire | September 6, 1839
Died | June 27, 1927[2] Rochester, New York | (aged 87)
Buried | |
Service/ | U.S. Army |
Rank | Major |
Commands | 1st Cavalry Regiment |
Awards | Medal of Honor |
Major Moses Harris (September 6, 1839 - June 27, 1927) was a U.S. Army cavalryman who was awarded the Medal of Honor for valor during the Civil War at Smithfield, West Virginia. Harris is most well known for being the first Acting Superintendent (1886-1889) of Yellowstone National Park during the army's administration of the park from Fort Yellowstone (1886-1918).
Notes
edit- ^ "Fiddler's Green: Moses Harris".
- ^ Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). "Appendix A-Biographical". The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park. Vol. II (Second Revised ed.). Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. p. 463. ISBN 0-87081-391-9.