Assassination Site of Sgt. E. Frank Harrison - Ashville, AL
N 33° 50.030 W 086° 15.311
16S E 568916 N 3743981
Assassination Site of Sgt. E. Frank Harrison Historical Marker, Ashville, AL
Waymark Code: WMD2MJ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2011
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Historical marker marking the site of the assassination of Sgt. E. Frank Harrison who was attempting to help restore the Democratic Party duing Reconstruction after the Civil War. The marker was
erected by the Sgt. E. Frank Harrison Camp No. 1527 Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Marker Name: Assassination Site of Sgt. E. Frank Harrison
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
In 1870 St. Clair Co. was still under Radical Republican Reconstruction. On August 20, 1870 honorable men of the County (former Confederates) had decided to the first Democratic Convention after the War between the States. The meeting would be held at the Courthouse in Ashville. Former Sgt. E. Frank Harrison, Co. F. 10th Ala. Infantry Regiment was selected as one of the delegates. As Sgt. Harrison and a number of Confederate veterans approached the Courthouse, they were ambushed by the cowardly “Springfield Gang”, led by H. J. Springfield, a Confederate deserter and outlaw of the worst kind. On this spot Sgt. Harrison was shot and killed by H. J. Springfield. Due to Harrison’s death, the meeting was postponed and ten held at Bolton’s Crossroads.
Date Dedicated / Placed: Not given
Marker Number: None
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