Harrison Ritchie
Harrison Ritchie was born on February 23, 1825, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Andrew Ritchie. He graduated from Harvard University in 1845, and he was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1848. He earned a living as a lawyer, During the Civil War, he served as a lieutenant colonel on Governor John A. Andrew’s staff. He was promoted to colonel in 1864. According to an early biographer, he “went to London [during the war] to purchase arms to equip the Massachusetts troops.” He moved to Paris, France, after the war, and he died there on November 24, 1894.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3948) | Ritchie, Harrison | 1825-02-23 | 1894-11-24 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Lieutenant Colonel
- Rank out: Colonel
- Rank highest: Colonel
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 6
- (11062) [recipient] ~ Francis J. Parker to Harrison Ritchie, 27 November 1861
- (13094) [writer] ~ Harrison Ritchie to Francis J. Parker, 7 February 1863
- (14635) [writer] ~ Harrison Ritchie to Francis J. Parker, 20 February 1863
- (14636) [recipient] ~ Francis J. Parker to Harrison Ritchie, 23 February 1863
- (14642) [recipient] ~ Francis J. Parker to Harrison Ritchie, 7 March 1863
- (14646) [writer] ~ Harrison Ritchie to Francis J. Parker, 11 March 1863
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
William T. Davis, Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Vol. 1 (Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, 1895); The Springfield (MA) Daily Republican, 31 May 1864; The Bostonian, Vol. 1: October 1894-March 1895 (Boston, MA: The Bostonian Publishing Company, 1895)
