{⋆★⋆} BG Greer, Elkanah B.

Elkanah Brackin Greer​

Born: October 11, 1825

Birthplace: Paris, Tennessee

Father: Captain James Madison Greer II 1784 – 1851

Mother: Rachel Bracken 1793 – 1851

Wife: Anna Eliza Holcombe 1830 – 1887

Children:

Eugenia Markoleta Petway Greer Smith 1855 – 1936​

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas)​

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Anna Holcombe Greer Wagner 1865 – 1943​

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas)​

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Clarence Greer 1870 – 1947​

(Buried: Mooringsport Cemetery, Mooringsport, Louisiana)​

Occupation before War:

Served in the Mexican War in the 1st Mississippi Rifles​

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Major General of Mississippi State Militia​

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Planter, Merchant ant Attorney in Marshall, Texas​

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Superintendent of Southern Pacific Railroad Company​

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1859 – 1860: Grand Commander of the Knights of the Golden Circle

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1860: Offered Governor Houston troops to invade Mexico​

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1860: Texas Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri​

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1862: Wounded in arm during the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General in the Trans – Mississippi Department​

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1862 – 1865: Chief of Conscription Bureau Trans – Mississippi Dept.

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1865: Resigned from the Confederate Army on May 27th​

Occupation after War:

Planter and Merchant in Marshall, Texas​

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1875: Member of reception committee for Pres. Davis in Marshall, Texas​

Died: March 25, 1877

Place of Death: DeValls Bluff, Arkansas (Visiting his Sister)

Age at time of Death: 52 years old

Cause of Death: Phthisis Pulmonary

Buried on: March 28, 1877

Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee

 

[Pollaco]

Was he a general in the Confederate Army or just the Texas State Troops? Or he could possibly be a Kirby Smith appointee and not confirmed by Richmond.

 

[John Wolf Smith]

Was he a general in the Confederate Army or just the Texas State Troops? Or he could possibly be a Kirby Smith appointee and not confirmed by Richmond.

Confederate Army.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Elkanah B. Greer! Salutes remembering General Greer on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

He married Anna Holcombe, sister to Lucy Pickens.

 

[Pollaco]

Was he a general in the Confederate Army or just the Texas State Troops? Or he could possibly be a Kirby Smith appointee and not confirmed by Richmond.

I'm still having trouble finding any source other than Wikipedia stating that he was ever confirmed as a CS General. That same source states that he was also head of the Conscription Bureau for the Trans Miss department and briefly commanded the Reserve Corps department.