Click 👉Today in History (general history) Oct. 11
On This Day in Confederate History, Oct. 11.
1862: Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry on his Maryland/Pennsylvania Raid arrived within 8 miles of Gettysburg on this day on the way back to Virginia. They then arrived at Emmitsburg, Md. where they were welcome by pro-Confederate sympathizers and quickly moved on taking obscure routes to avoid detection by Federal scouts. That night the raiders cut telegraph lines to obstruct the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
1863: The Battle of Collierville, Tenn. takes place when Brig. Gen. James Chalmers' Confederate cavalry numbering 3,000 men attack a Federal garrison at Collierville numbering 1,280 infantry Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman. The Confederates surrounded the town and drove all the bluecoats into their fort. Sherman barely escaped capture but his personal belongings and his horse Dolly, on the train he just came into town on, were captured. Fearing that large Federal reinforcements were coming; Chalmers withdrew without storming the fort. Confederate casualties were 51 killed and wounded and the Federals lost 110 killed, wounded, and missing.
Confederate General Birthdays, Oct. 11.
Brigadier General Elkanah Brackin Greer was born on this day in1825 in Paris, Tennessee. He gained military training and experience in the Mexican-American War as a member of the 1st Mississippi Rifles commanded by Col. Jefferson Davis. Greer saw action at the Battle of Monterrey and the Battle of Buena Vista. He moved to Marshall, Texas in 1848 to practice law. Greer was active in the Texas branch of the Knights of the Golden Circle and supported secession. In 1861, he became the 3rd Texas Infantry Regiment in the Confederate Army. His battles included the Battle of Oak Hill, Mo., the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Ark. (slight wound), and the Siege of Corinth, Miss. He was promoted to brigadier general in October 1862. Greer was assigned to be the chief of conscription in the Trans-Mississippi Department and late in the war was in command of the Reserve Corps. Following the war, he practiced law and was a planter and merchant. Greer died March 25, 1877, while visiting his sister in DeVall, Arkansas. He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis Tennessee.
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