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James Agustin Greer, the son of James and Caroline (King) Greer, was born on Feburary 28, 1833 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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James Agustin Greer, the son of James and Caroline (King) Greer, was born on Feburary 28, 1833 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fie attended private schools in Dayton where his father, a native of Pennsylvania, was engaged in manufacturing. Entering the navy in 1848 as an acting midshipman, he cruised on board the Saratoga and Saranac. In the fall of 1853 he was sent to the Naval Academy, where a year later he graduated and was advanced to the rank of passed midshipman.
In September 1855 he was warranted master, and a few months later commissioned lieutenant. From 1854 to 1857 he was on board the Independence of the Pacific Squadron. This service was followed by tours of duty on board the Southern Star of the Paraguay expedition and the Sumter of the African Squadron.
As a lieutenant on board the San Jacinto he commanded the marines who boarded the Trent and the cutter which conveyed Mason and Slidell from the British to the American ship. In 1862, the year of his promotion to the grade of lieutenant-commander, he cruised on board the St. Louis in search of Confederate commerce-destroyers. During 1863-64 Greer served with the Mississippi Squadron, commanding first the Benton and later the Black Hawk, and participated in the engagements against Vicksburg, the attack on Grand Gulf, and other operations of the squadron, one division of which he for a time commanded.
In 1865 he was sent to the Naval Academy where he served as assistant to the commandant of midshipmen, and while there, in the following year, he was promoted commander. After periods of service with the Pacific Squadron and on ordnance duty at the Philadelphia navy-yard, he returned in 1869 to the Academy, remaining until 1873, when he was chosen to command the Tigress, one of the two ships sent in search of the Polaris wrecked during an Arctic expedition conducted under the auspices of the Navy Department. He made a complete search of Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, salvaged some of the papers and instruments of the ill- fated vessel, obtained information respecting the rescue of the survivors, and returned home after a four-months’ cruise.
In 1876 while in command of the Lackawanna of the Pacific Squadron he was promoted captain and ten years later, after periods of service as captain of the Washington navy-yard, member of the Naval Retiring Board, and president of the Naval Examining Board, he was made commodore. From 1887 to 1889 he was commander-in-chief of the European Station - his last active service - and from 1891 to 1894 he was chairman of the LightHouse Board - his last important professional service. He was promoted rear-admiral from April 3, 1892, and retired in that grade on Feburary 28, 1895. His death occurred in Washington.
Greer was a prominent naval officer. While in command of the ironclads Carondelet and Benton, he participated in the Vicksburg campaign and the shelling of Grand Gulf as well as the abortive Union Red River expedition in early 1864. In 1873, he commanded the Tigress when that ship was sent to find and aid the ship Polaris. Greer commanded the ships Constellation and Hartford.
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On November 26, 1857, he was married to Mary Randolph Webb, the daughter of a naval officer.
