[2] He was brevetted to brigadier general for service at the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864.

[3] He was transferred to the Army of the James and took command of a division of reinforcements from the Department of West Virginia attached to the XXIV Corps.

[3] His troops were among those directly responsible for cutting off Robert E. Lee's line of retreat at Appomattox Courthouse.

[2] Following the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Harris served on the military commission which tried the Lincoln Conspirators.

He served as an adjunct general in the state militia, from 1867 to 1869, and as the U.S. pension agent for Wheeling, West Virginia from 1871 to 1876.