Nonetheless, Harrow's command fought well, especially at the Battle of Atlanta and the Battle of Ezra Church. After a reorganization in September 1864, Harrow was left without an assignment for the duration of the war. Perhaps due to his ill temper and past reputation, a number of high-ranking generals, including Oliver O. Howard, William T. Sherman, and Winfield S. Hancock, refused to accept him. One of his subordinates later remarked, "... while he may have possessed military knowledge, he never gave evidence of its possession during the Atlanta campaign...." Harrow formally resigned from the army in April 1865. Postbellum career Harrow returned to Mount Vernon and resumed his law practice. He also became active in local politics. In 1872 Harrow died in a train derailment accident at New Albany, Indiana. He was en route to Jeffersonville, where he had planned to make a speech supporting presidential candidate Horace Greeley. Harrow is buried in Bellfontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army; From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903. 2 vols. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1963. . First published 1903 by U.S. Government Printing Office. Roll, Charles. Indiana: One Hundred Fifty Years of Development. Vol. 3. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931. . U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Williams, Reub. General Reub Williams's Memories of Civil War Times: Personal Reminiscences of Happenings That Took Place From 1861 to the Grand Review. Edited by Sally Coplen Hogan. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2004. . Attribution External links 1822 births 1872 deaths People from Vincennes, Indiana People from Winchester, Kentucky People of Indiana in the American Civil War Railway accident deaths in the United States Union Army generals People from Lawrence County, Illinois 19th-century American lawyers Military personnel from Illinois