In memory of
Augustus Harris
1878
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- June 17, 1878, aged 33
Their life
Special Deputy Marshal Gus Harris was shot and killed in the public square in front of the Edgefield County Courthouse in Edgefield, South Carolina, while attempting to arrest a man who was wanted for shooting another man several years earlier.
Special Deputy Marshal Harris was occasionally appointed as a Special Deputy United States Marshal on court days and was acting in that capacity when he was killed.
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