Eber Harris was a resident of Windham on August 27, 1862 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. D of the 21^st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was discharged from the U.S. General Hospital, Fort Monroe, Virginia on July 21, 1865.

The descriptive muster roll of the 21^st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry lists his age as 29 and his occupation as farmer.  He is described as 5’ 7” tall with a fair complexion and dark hair and dark eyes.  His marital status is married.

He was born about November 1833 in Mansfield. In the 1860 U.S. census in Windham, he is a 26 year old ostler [stableman/groom] and head of household. Eber Harris married Sarah J. ______ about 1855. Children include: Eugene D. Harris, born about 1856 and Ada M. Harris, born about 1857. After the Civil War, he moved to Columbia, where he was working in a cotton mill by the time of the 1870 U.S. census. Later he moved back to Windham where he worked as a farmer.

Eber Harris died on February 7, 1916 and is buried in the North Windham Cemetery in Windham, Connecticut.