He relocated to Covington and won election as Prosecuting Attorney of Indiana's 1st Congressional District. In 1849, he was admitted to the bar and established a law practice in Indianapolis with his older brother William. Greer operated a Free-Soil newspaper, The Free Soil Banner, in Indianapolis. He rose to the position of Regimental Adjutant and the rank of 1st Lieutenant, serving in the Army of General Zachary Taylor, although he personally did not participate in combat.Īfter the war, he and William B. He was elected a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Indiana Infantry Regiment. In 1846, at the start of the Mexican American War, he was studying law, but set it aside to raise a company of militia. When he was seven years old, his mother died, and, two years later, he joined his brother in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he briefly attended Wabash Preparatory School before rejoining his father in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Indiana. He is best remembered for his historical novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" (1880), a bestselling book since its publication, and deemed by many as the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century. Politician, American Civil War Major General, New Mexico Territorial Governor, Diplomat, and Author.
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