| Birth: | Jan. 8, 1814 | | Death: | Apr. 12, 1864 | 
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Prior to the Civil War, he served as an Army officer in the Mexican-American War and as clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas. He entered the Civil War as a Colonel in the brigade of General H. H. Sibley and saw service in New Mexico. In 1863, he was promoted Brigadier General in command of the Texas Confederate forces, participated in Battle of Galveston and at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. At the Battle of Blair's Landing, April 12, 1864, he was killed at short range by the cannon of a Federal gunboat on the Red River. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Spouse:
Mary Wallace Chalmers Green (1828 - 1866)*
Children:
Mary Green Lane (1847 - 1926)*
Eliza Chalmers Green Neil (1849 - 1931)*
Alice Green Bentley (1850 - 1940)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Thomas Green | | | Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery
Austin
Travis County
Texas, USA
GPS (lat/lon): 30.27607, -97.72843 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Apr 09, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 9071 |
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