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Anake A. Harris (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney and second lieutenant (C.S.A.))

b. 1838-01 d. 1901-05-13

Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney. Simpson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Henry W. Harris and Elizabeth Harris. Attended school in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in 1850. Attorney in Simpson County in 1860. Served in the 2nd (Duke's) Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a sergeant and second lieutenant from June 1, 1862, to June 13, 1865. Captured in Lincoln County, Tennessee, on November 22, 1863. Prisoner of war at Louisville Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky, from December 1, 1863, to December 3, 1863. Prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio, from December 3, 1863, to June 13, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on June 13, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 101B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 406.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 141.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Nelson County, Lebanon, District 10, p.458A.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0012.

"Col. A. A. Harris Dead," Fort Scott Daily Tribune (Fort Scott, Kansas), May 13, 1901, p. 1.

"Lieut Anake A. Harris (1838-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 39634999, accessed May 3, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39634999.

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Harris, Anake A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197042 (November 12, 2026).

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