Son of Riddick Green, who died when Alfred Green was only two years old. His father's gift to him was a rifle, left in care of his mother until he was old enough to use it.
Alfred lived with his sister,Drucilla until enlisting in the Confederate Army, at age 20. At age 21 he was wounded at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland), and taken prisoner. There he died of his wounds. None of his sister's descendants knew of his whereabouts until, by chance, he was listed on FIND-A-GRAVE.
A special "THANK YOU" to SAVE-R-CEMETARIES, without whom this memorial would not be possible.
Alfred lived with his sister,Drucilla until enlisting in the Confederate Army, at age 20. At age 21 he was wounded at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland), and taken prisoner. There he died of his wounds. None of his sister's descendants knew of his whereabouts until, by chance, he was listed on FIND-A-GRAVE.
A special "THANK YOU" to SAVE-R-CEMETARIES, without whom this memorial would not be possible.
Son of Riddick Green, who died when Alfred Green was only two years old. His father's gift to him was a rifle, left in care of his mother until he was old enough to use it.
Alfred lived with his sister,Drucilla until enlisting in the Confederate Army, at age 20. At age 21 he was wounded at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland), and taken prisoner. There he died of his wounds. None of his sister's descendants knew of his whereabouts until, by chance, he was listed on FIND-A-GRAVE.
A special "THANK YOU" to SAVE-R-CEMETARIES, without whom this memorial would not be possible.
Alfred lived with his sister,Drucilla until enlisting in the Confederate Army, at age 20. At age 21 he was wounded at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland), and taken prisoner. There he died of his wounds. None of his sister's descendants knew of his whereabouts until, by chance, he was listed on FIND-A-GRAVE.
A special "THANK YOU" to SAVE-R-CEMETARIES, without whom this memorial would not be possible.
Gravesite Details
Co E 33rd North Carolina Infantry died as a result of wounds suffered at the Battle of Antietam
