"While lying near Suffolk a couple of young men dressed as citizens entered my tent one night with letters from Secretary of War Seddon, recommending them as trustworthy and efficient scouts. The were sent off through the swamp to find their way to Norfolk and southward to report of roads or routes for our troops in case we should wish to make a detour for the capture of Suffolk. One of them, Harrison, proved to be an active, intelligent, enterprising scout, and was retained in service."
Source: From Manassas to Appomattox
Commentary
In 1993 Turner Pictures, Inc. released the movie Gettysburg which is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Michael Shaara The Killer Angels. The book and the movie popularized a character largely shrouded in mystery named Harrison, a Confederate spy hired by James Longstreet to keep track of the movements of the Army of the Potomac during the Army of Northern Virginia's invasion of Pennsylvania. Beyond the novel and the movie, however, few people know much about Harrison or his relation to Longstreet.
Longstreet actually met Harrison while the former was stationed around Suffolk during the early months of 1863. Following is James Longstreet's brief account of meeting the scout: