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|birth_date= {{birth date|1817|6|17}}
|death_date= {{death date|1906|9|30}}
|birth_place= [[Wood County, West Virginia|Wood County]], ([[Virginia]] [now [[West) Virginia]]
|death_place= [[Harrisville, West Virginia|Harrisville]], West Virginia
|placeofburial= Harrisville I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Harrisville, West Virginia
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|image= ThomasMHarris.jpg
|caption= Gen. Thomas Maley Harris, M.D.
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|allegiance= [[United States|United States of America]]<br/>[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]
|branch= [[United States Army]]<br/>[[Union Army]]
|serviceyears= 1861 - 1866
|rank= [[File:Union army brig gen rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]<br/>[[File:Union army maj gen rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[majorMajor general (United States)|Major General]]
|commands=[[10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment]]
|battles= [[American Civil War]]
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*[[Battle of Cedar Creek]]
*[[Battle of Hatcher's Run]]
*[[Third Battle of Petersburg III|Battle of Fort Gregg]]
*[[Battle of Appomattox CourthouseCourt House]]
|laterwork=Physician, state legislator, author
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'''Thomas Maley Harris''' (1817–1906) was a [[physician]] and [[Union (ACWAmerican Civil War)|Union]] general during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
 
Born and raised in [[Harrisville, West Virginia|Harrisville, Virginia]] (now part of [[West Virginia]]), Harris originally set out to be a teacher, but changed career paths to study medicine. He received his medical degree from Louisville Medical College in 1843 and returned to Virginia to practice medicine until 1861, when he closed his practice when the Civil War began.<ref name=WVMD>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=lQgDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA237&dq=%22thomas+maley+harris%22&ei=wGUdS8CwAqD4yASVi7T2AQ#v=onepage&q=%22thomas%20maley%20harris%22&f=false | title= West Virginia Medical Journal, Volume 1