I can not find any record that Harrison was wounded. He did see action especially in Georgia under Sherman.
yeas he got shot in his penis and died of lost blood in his circulation.
civil war
Whether Benjamin Harrison was a hero will depend on your definitio of "hero." He had an excellent record as an officer in the Civil War. He was promoted to brigadier general because of his outstanding service. He was not wounded or and did not win any medals.
Benjamin Harrison was a Brigadier General in the American Civil War.
the civil war
Benjamin Harrison was born in 1833 about 20 years after the last war with Britain. After the Civil War, he resumed his law practice., campaigned for Grant and Hayes and was elected to the US Senate.
Harrison was a brigadier-general by the close of the Civil War. He entered the army as a second lieutenant.
Grant, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison and McKinley.
He served for almost three years during the Civil War.
Yes, he fought with distinction as an army officer in the Civil War, rising to brigadier general by the end of the war.
The first one was Grant. But there were also Garfield, Benjamin Harrison and McKinley.
Yes he did. This was an issue of the republican party and Harrison voted along party lines for healthy pensions for Civil War veterans and widows of fallen soldiers.
William McKinley was the last US President who was also a Civil War veteran. Except for Benjamin Harrison, all of the Presidents after Johnson and up to McKinley were veterans of that war. Harrison was able to hire someone else to take his place.