Elkanah Wallace

Elkanah Wallace (1834 - 1921) served as a private in Company I, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry.

Personal life
Elkanah Wallace was born in 1834 in Johnson County, Tennessee to Drewey and Elizabeth (Snyder) Wallace. He married Elizabeth Arnold (1841-1921) with whom he had seven children.

Civil War service
Wallace enlisted as a private in Company I on September 22, 1863 in Taylorsville, Tennessee for a period of three years and mustered in April 13, 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee.

He is described as 26 years old, 5' 9" tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair, and by occupation a farmer.

Wallace is listed as present for duty throughout his term of service for which muster roll records have survived.

Wallace mustered out with the regiment on September 5, 1865 at Knoxville. He had last been paid to August 31, 1864, owed $47.68 to the government for clothing in kind or money advanced, had been paid a $25 bounty, and was owed a $75 bounty.

Post-war life
Wallace applied for an invalid's pension on June 23, 1878. He died in 1921 in Johnson County, Tennessee and is buried at Wilson Cemetery in Mountain City, Tennessee.