James Edward Harrison (April 24, 1815 – February 23, 1875) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War.

[3] The negotiators tried to persuade the Five Civilized Tribes to join with the Confederacy in the event of war with the United States.

[4] The 15th Texas Infantry made a successful charge on the Union force's rear in an operation along the Atchafalaya River in September 1863.

[2] On January 6, 1865, Harrison was appointed and confirmed as a brigadier general to rank from December 22, 1864, by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

[2][9] James Harrison commanded a brigade in the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department from March to April 7, 1865, in Major General Camille A. J. M. de Polignac's Division and the 1st Brigade, Brigadier General Samuel B Maxey's Division in the same district from April 7, 1865, through May 26, 1865.

He was a brother of Confederate Brigadier General Thomas Harrison[2] and a second cousin of Wade Hampton III.