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3 unusual facts about Joseph Smith Harris


Joseph Harris

Joseph Smith Harris (1836–1910), civil engineer and president of the Reading Railroad

Joseph Smith Harris

Only through the personal intervention of Commodore Samuel Francis Du Pont was the Sachem finally coaled and allowed to depart Port Royal.

Harris declined, repeatedly stating that he was under Coast Survey orders to proceed to Ship Island and report to Commodore Farragut.



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