 Harris planned and constructed the defenses of Centreville, Virginia, Fort Pillow, Island Number Ten, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Charleston, South Carolina and Petersburg, Virginia in the siege of that city's opening phase.He died of yellow fever at Summerville, South Carolina on October 10, 1864.David Bullock Harris was born at Frederick's Hall (now spelled Fredericks Hall) in Louisa County, Virginia on September 28, 1814 and grew up at Gardner's Crossroads (Gardners Crossroads) in Louisa County.