General Notes

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Joseph Warren Harris served the South in the War Between the States.  He
enlisted in Company I of the 15th Alabama Infantry, Army of Northern
Virginia, and served throughout the war.
Colonel William C. Oates of the 15th Alabama mentions Joseph in his
book, "The War Between the Union and the Confederacy and Its Lost
Opportunities, with a History of the 15th Alabama Regiment and the 48
Battles in Which It Was Engaged."
Colonel Oates wrote, "Joseph Harris was sixteen years old when
enlisted on September 15, 1864.  Though he came in late and at an early
age, he made a good soldier and fought through to the surrender."
Joseph Harris surrendered with the regiment at Appamattox Courthouse,
Virginia.  The 15th Alabama held a reunion in later years and a
photograph was taken of the attending survivors;  Joseph Harris is listed
as being one of the men in the photo.
J. W., as he was called, was a prominent citizen of Pike County.  He
was a farmer and teacher, and served as tax collector for Pike County in
1887 and 1880-1884.  He was elected superintendent of schools in 1898 for
a two-year term and reelected in 1900.  He served for 8 years as
secretary and treasurer of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association.  He
was a Democrat and a member of the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church.
Sources: Above-mentioned book by Colonel William Oates. Civil War
research by Helaina Hinson Burton
Records, Pike County, Alabama
Hazel Hinson Buffaloe, "Hinson Family Genealogy."