Fort Harrison, on the Wabash Small 320×259 Medium 640×517 Large 1024×828 Download Tiff Original 2400×1940 | (9.2 MB) Description Fort Harrison was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War. Keywords American Civil War, Confederate defense, richmond, Virginia Galleries 1861-1865 Civil War Places Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 4) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)