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'''Benjamin Morgan Harrod''' (February 19, 1837 – September 8, 1912) was an [[United States|American]] [[civil engineer]] who from 1895 to 1902 directed the construction of the water and sewerage systems in his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].​

'''Benjamin Morgan Harrod''' (February 19, 1837 – September 8, 1912) was an [[United States|American]] [[civil engineer]] who from 1895 to 1902 directed the construction of the water and sewerage systems in his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].

 

The son of Charles Harrod and the former Mary Morgan, Harrod was educated in New Orleans by private tutors. He graduated with two degrees in 1856 and 1859 from [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. In 1861, he enlisted in the Crescent Rifles during the [[American Civil War]]. As a first lieutenant, he was captured by the [[Union]] Army in 1863 during the siege of Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]]. He was paroled and then joined the Second Regiment of Engineers in Petersburg, south of [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]]. Harrod was part of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] staff with General [[Robert E. Lee]] in the final surrender after the [[Battle of Appomattox Court House]], Virginia, on April 9, 1865.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Harrod, Benjamin Morgan|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>''The Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its article on Harrod on ''Who Was Who in America, 1897-1942'' (1967) and the ''New Orleans Daily Picayune'' (since the ''New Orleans Times Picayune,'' September 8, 1912.</ref>​

The son of Charles Harrod and the former Mary Morgan, Harrod was educated in New Orleans by private tutors. He graduated with two degrees in 1856 and 1859 from [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. In 1861, he enlisted in the Crescent Rifles during the [[American Civil War]]. As a first lieutenant, he was captured by the [[Union]] Army in 1863 during the siege of Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]]. He was paroled and then joined the Second Regiment of Engineers in Petersburg, south of [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]]. Harrod was part of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] staff with General [[Robert E. Lee]] in the final surrender after the [[Battle of Appomattox Court House]], Virginia, on April 9, 1865.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Harrod, Benjamin Morgan|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>''The Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its article on Harrod on ''Who Was Who in America, 1897-1942'' (1967) and the ''New Orleans Daily Picayune'' (since the ''New Orleans Times Picayune,'' September 8, 1912.</ref>​