Edmund Caskie "Jack" Harrison was born on May 8, 1882, in Sewanee, Tennessee, the third child of Caskie and Margaret Sydnor Harrison. At the age of 16, Jack received a scholarship to Columbia University, graduating in 1902. He taught school before taking up the study of law at Richmond College.
In 1907, Jack became a member of the law firm of Price, Smith, Spillman and Clay in Charleston. "He developed into a fine lawyer, and before his death had attained to a well recognized standing amongst the best lawyers of the Charleston bar," lawyer George Price recalled.
Although beyond draft age, 35-year-old Jack Harrison enlisted in the army on April 24, 1918. He was assigned to Battery A, 313th Field Artillery, and was sent overseas on May 24. He served as the telephone lineman of the First Battalion Headquarters. According to Captain Emory H. Niles, he was performing his duty in this capacity on November 1, 1918, when he was struck by a shell fragment.
"Harrison was performing his duty as telephone lineman, of the First Battalion Headquarters Detail of this Regiment . . . . He was standing near a dug-out on the western edge of the Bois-de-Rappes, . . . . When our attack of November 1st opened, the Germans bombarded the Bois-de-Rappes heavily and Harrison was struck by a fragment of a shell which exploded between fifty and seventy-five yards from him. The shell splinter entered his heart and he died within a few minutes, having been unconscious from the time that he was hit."
(This bio is thanks to Jeffry Burden, Pres. of the Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery)
In 1907, Jack became a member of the law firm of Price, Smith, Spillman and Clay in Charleston. "He developed into a fine lawyer, and before his death had attained to a well recognized standing amongst the best lawyers of the Charleston bar," lawyer George Price recalled.
Although beyond draft age, 35-year-old Jack Harrison enlisted in the army on April 24, 1918. He was assigned to Battery A, 313th Field Artillery, and was sent overseas on May 24. He served as the telephone lineman of the First Battalion Headquarters. According to Captain Emory H. Niles, he was performing his duty in this capacity on November 1, 1918, when he was struck by a shell fragment.
"Harrison was performing his duty as telephone lineman, of the First Battalion Headquarters Detail of this Regiment . . . . He was standing near a dug-out on the western edge of the Bois-de-Rappes, . . . . When our attack of November 1st opened, the Germans bombarded the Bois-de-Rappes heavily and Harrison was struck by a fragment of a shell which exploded between fifty and seventy-five yards from him. The shell splinter entered his heart and he died within a few minutes, having been unconscious from the time that he was hit."
(This bio is thanks to Jeffry Burden, Pres. of the Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery)
Edmund Caskie "Jack" Harrison was born on May 8, 1882, in Sewanee, Tennessee, the third child of Caskie and Margaret Sydnor Harrison. At the age of 16, Jack received a scholarship to Columbia University, graduating in 1902. He taught school before taking up the study of law at Richmond College.
In 1907, Jack became a member of the law firm of Price, Smith, Spillman and Clay in Charleston. "He developed into a fine lawyer, and before his death had attained to a well recognized standing amongst the best lawyers of the Charleston bar," lawyer George Price recalled.
Although beyond draft age, 35-year-old Jack Harrison enlisted in the army on April 24, 1918. He was assigned to Battery A, 313th Field Artillery, and was sent overseas on May 24. He served as the telephone lineman of the First Battalion Headquarters. According to Captain Emory H. Niles, he was performing his duty in this capacity on November 1, 1918, when he was struck by a shell fragment.
"Harrison was performing his duty as telephone lineman, of the First Battalion Headquarters Detail of this Regiment . . . . He was standing near a dug-out on the western edge of the Bois-de-Rappes, . . . . When our attack of November 1st opened, the Germans bombarded the Bois-de-Rappes heavily and Harrison was struck by a fragment of a shell which exploded between fifty and seventy-five yards from him. The shell splinter entered his heart and he died within a few minutes, having been unconscious from the time that he was hit."
(This bio is thanks to Jeffry Burden, Pres. of the Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery)
In 1907, Jack became a member of the law firm of Price, Smith, Spillman and Clay in Charleston. "He developed into a fine lawyer, and before his death had attained to a well recognized standing amongst the best lawyers of the Charleston bar," lawyer George Price recalled.
Although beyond draft age, 35-year-old Jack Harrison enlisted in the army on April 24, 1918. He was assigned to Battery A, 313th Field Artillery, and was sent overseas on May 24. He served as the telephone lineman of the First Battalion Headquarters. According to Captain Emory H. Niles, he was performing his duty in this capacity on November 1, 1918, when he was struck by a shell fragment.
"Harrison was performing his duty as telephone lineman, of the First Battalion Headquarters Detail of this Regiment . . . . He was standing near a dug-out on the western edge of the Bois-de-Rappes, . . . . When our attack of November 1st opened, the Germans bombarded the Bois-de-Rappes heavily and Harrison was struck by a fragment of a shell which exploded between fifty and seventy-five yards from him. The shell splinter entered his heart and he died within a few minutes, having been unconscious from the time that he was hit."
(This bio is thanks to Jeffry Burden, Pres. of the Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery)
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