Marker Inscription
(1825-1877) Born Tennessee. Fought Mexican War. Came to Texas 1848. Commissioned colonel and raised 3rd Texas Cavalry. Attached to Ross' Texas Brigade. Fought at Wilson's Creek, Mo. Led brigade, division in Pea Ridge, Ark. Battle. Resigned commission but was recalled as brigadier general October 1862. Chief Conscription Bureau for Confederacy west of Mississippi 1863. Worked to reconcile Confederate and Texas draft laws. Commanded Texas Reserved Corps in 1864-65 keeping them in readiness to withstand threatened Union coastal invasion. Organized slave labor to build roads, fortifications for state defense. Buried Memphis, Tenn. Knights of the Golden Circle.
About this site
Greer, Elkanah, General is a historical marker in Marshall, Harrison County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Harrison County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 270 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5450, -94.3677 near Marshall. The nearest cataloged historic site is Clark, Edward, Governor (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Starr, James Harper, Harrison County Historical Museum, and Harrison County Courthouse (1900).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5203010166. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
