T. M. (Thomas Mealey) Harris

Born in 1817, Thomas Mealey Harris was an American Episcopal clergyman who later became best known for his Civil War service and his historical writing. During the war he served with the 10th West Virginia Infantry and rose to the rank of brevet major general in the Union Army.

After the war, he continued his work as a minister and also wrote about the conflict he had lived through. His best-known book, Assassination of Lincoln: A History of the Great Conspiracy, reflects his deep involvement in one of the era's defining events and helped secure his place as a chronicler of 19th-century America.

Harris died in 1906. For listeners interested in memoir, military history, or the voices of people who witnessed the Civil War firsthand, his work carries the perspective of someone who stood close to the center of those events.