Born: 01/25/1838 or 02/26/1838 (father: Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green; mother: Anne Colquhoun) [Note: A date of birth
of 01/25/1838 is engraved on Dr. Green's gravestone, but his date of birth is listed as 02/26/1838 in The Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, and in the University of Virginia matriculation register. The latter was entered by James Colquhoun Green, himself.]
11/12/1850 - Lived, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, with his parents
1859 - A.B. degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1860 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, but did not graduate from this institution
04/29/1860 - Father, Nathaniel T. Green, died
04/23/1861 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. (Danville Greys), Danville, VA. This unit subsequently became Co. B, 18th VA Infantry.
04/24/1861 - Mustered into service as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. [Occupation listed as "student."]
08/31/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sick in Centreville, VA, and absent from his regiment
10/02/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sent to Richmond because he was sick
12/10/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, detailed as an apothecary
02/18/1862 - Serving as an apothecary, 18th VA Infantry
04/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry
04/29/1862 - "The following men of the Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers are transferred, at their own request and with the consent of the officers concerned, to Captain W. K. Mebane's company Virginia cavalry, provided no expense to the Confederate States be thereby incurred: ...James C. Green, Company B." [S.O. 98/5 - Note: five other enlisted men were also listed]
05/03/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Wm. K. Mebane's Co., Pate's Regiment Cavalry [this Co. subsequently become Co. C, 5th VA Cavalry]
05/14/1862 - Pvt., 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
05/22/1862 - Pvt. & Hospital Steward, 18th VA Infantry
05/22/1862 - "Private James C. Green, of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is appointed hospital steward, and will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the general hospital at Danville, Va." [S.O. 117/5]
06/30/1862 - Serving as a Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
09/29/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon Joseph [sic] C. Green will report for duty to Surgeon Lafayette Guild, medical director of General Lee's army." [S.O. 227/8]
10/00/1862 - Staff, Gen. W. H. Payne
12/04/1862 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/20/1862
12/24/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, captured, Dumfries, VA
01/17/1863 - Committed to Old Capital Prison, Washington, DC, as a prisoner of war
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
07/16/1863 - While a prisoner of war, Fort Norfolk, VA wrote the following, "I James C Green, Surgeon in the Insurgent Army, a prisoner of war, do hereby give my solemn parole of honor that if permitted by the United States Military Authorities to go to the General Hospital at Portsmouth Va. for medical treatment [,] that I will hold no communication with enemies of the United States, nor give any information to the same during my sojourn there, that I will do nothing in word or deed detrimental to the government and forces of the United States, and that I will not leave the limits of the Hospital without permission from the Commanding Officer. James C. Green Asst. Surg. C.S.A."
07/16/1863 - Admitted as a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Portsmouth, VA (diagnosis: general debility)
10/11/1863 - As a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Asst. Surgeon James C. Green, C.S.A., wrote to Brig. Gen. Barnes [U.S.A.], Commandant Dept. of Norfolk, as follows, "Genl Having been confined as
a prisoner of war at Ft. Norfolk until my health rendered it necessary to remove me, I was transferred to this place by order of Genl Dix, for medical treatment. My health is now entirely restored and as there can be no longer any necessity of my remaining in [a] Hospital I beg that you will allow me to return to my prison Very respectfully yr obt srvt (James C Green) Asst. Surgn C S A"
10/14/1863 - Received at Fort McHenry, MD, as a prisoner of war, from Norfolk, VA
11/21/1863 - Sent to City Point, VA, while being held as a hostage for Surgeon Rucker, U. S. Volunteers
12/00/1863 - Exchanged after being imprisoned in Fort Norfolk [VA] by the U.S. Army and held as hostage for Dr. Rucker
12/11/1863 - "The leave of absence heretofore granted Assistant Surgeon James C. Green, Provisional Army Confederate States, is extended thirty days." [S.O. 294/10]
01/21/1864 - "Assistant Surgeon J. C. Green will report without delay to Surgeon L. Guild, medical director Army Northern Virginia, for assignment to duty." [S.O. 17/18]
01/25/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon J. B. Fontaine, Medical Director Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, for duty
02/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
03/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, in Danville, VA, he added the following note to a receipt for forage for his horse, "I am here temporarily detached from my Regt. The Brigade (Lomax's) having been sent on recruiting service and consequently my presence in the field note being at present necessary." signed: J C Green
04/17/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Ashland, VA
07/22/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, near Orange C. H., VA
10/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Lomax's Old Brigade
~11/08/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry (consolidated)
10/23/1867 - Married, Nancy Dyson "Nannie" Walters (she died in 1917)
07/11/1870 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nannie, and one daughter)
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Virginia
1874,1877 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA
1880 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nanni, 2 daughters & 3 sisters - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. C. Green)
04/01/1884 - Died at his home, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, "after being confined to the house by serious illness for some time."
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/20/2015. Unpublished database.
The following was added by Scott Hutchison, the creator of this memorial:
Pvt., Co. B, 18th Va. Inf. Regt. CSA
M.D. postwar.
of 01/25/1838 is engraved on Dr. Green's gravestone, but his date of birth is listed as 02/26/1838 in The Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, and in the University of Virginia matriculation register. The latter was entered by James Colquhoun Green, himself.]
11/12/1850 - Lived, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, with his parents
1859 - A.B. degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1860 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, but did not graduate from this institution
04/29/1860 - Father, Nathaniel T. Green, died
04/23/1861 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. (Danville Greys), Danville, VA. This unit subsequently became Co. B, 18th VA Infantry.
04/24/1861 - Mustered into service as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. [Occupation listed as "student."]
08/31/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sick in Centreville, VA, and absent from his regiment
10/02/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sent to Richmond because he was sick
12/10/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, detailed as an apothecary
02/18/1862 - Serving as an apothecary, 18th VA Infantry
04/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry
04/29/1862 - "The following men of the Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers are transferred, at their own request and with the consent of the officers concerned, to Captain W. K. Mebane's company Virginia cavalry, provided no expense to the Confederate States be thereby incurred: ...James C. Green, Company B." [S.O. 98/5 - Note: five other enlisted men were also listed]
05/03/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Wm. K. Mebane's Co., Pate's Regiment Cavalry [this Co. subsequently become Co. C, 5th VA Cavalry]
05/14/1862 - Pvt., 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
05/22/1862 - Pvt. & Hospital Steward, 18th VA Infantry
05/22/1862 - "Private James C. Green, of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is appointed hospital steward, and will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the general hospital at Danville, Va." [S.O. 117/5]
06/30/1862 - Serving as a Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
09/29/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon Joseph [sic] C. Green will report for duty to Surgeon Lafayette Guild, medical director of General Lee's army." [S.O. 227/8]
10/00/1862 - Staff, Gen. W. H. Payne
12/04/1862 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/20/1862
12/24/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, captured, Dumfries, VA
01/17/1863 - Committed to Old Capital Prison, Washington, DC, as a prisoner of war
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
07/16/1863 - While a prisoner of war, Fort Norfolk, VA wrote the following, "I James C Green, Surgeon in the Insurgent Army, a prisoner of war, do hereby give my solemn parole of honor that if permitted by the United States Military Authorities to go to the General Hospital at Portsmouth Va. for medical treatment [,] that I will hold no communication with enemies of the United States, nor give any information to the same during my sojourn there, that I will do nothing in word or deed detrimental to the government and forces of the United States, and that I will not leave the limits of the Hospital without permission from the Commanding Officer. James C. Green Asst. Surg. C.S.A."
07/16/1863 - Admitted as a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Portsmouth, VA (diagnosis: general debility)
10/11/1863 - As a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Asst. Surgeon James C. Green, C.S.A., wrote to Brig. Gen. Barnes [U.S.A.], Commandant Dept. of Norfolk, as follows, "Genl Having been confined as
a prisoner of war at Ft. Norfolk until my health rendered it necessary to remove me, I was transferred to this place by order of Genl Dix, for medical treatment. My health is now entirely restored and as there can be no longer any necessity of my remaining in [a] Hospital I beg that you will allow me to return to my prison Very respectfully yr obt srvt (James C Green) Asst. Surgn C S A"
10/14/1863 - Received at Fort McHenry, MD, as a prisoner of war, from Norfolk, VA
11/21/1863 - Sent to City Point, VA, while being held as a hostage for Surgeon Rucker, U. S. Volunteers
12/00/1863 - Exchanged after being imprisoned in Fort Norfolk [VA] by the U.S. Army and held as hostage for Dr. Rucker
12/11/1863 - "The leave of absence heretofore granted Assistant Surgeon James C. Green, Provisional Army Confederate States, is extended thirty days." [S.O. 294/10]
01/21/1864 - "Assistant Surgeon J. C. Green will report without delay to Surgeon L. Guild, medical director Army Northern Virginia, for assignment to duty." [S.O. 17/18]
01/25/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon J. B. Fontaine, Medical Director Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, for duty
02/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
03/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, in Danville, VA, he added the following note to a receipt for forage for his horse, "I am here temporarily detached from my Regt. The Brigade (Lomax's) having been sent on recruiting service and consequently my presence in the field note being at present necessary." signed: J C Green
04/17/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Ashland, VA
07/22/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, near Orange C. H., VA
10/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Lomax's Old Brigade
~11/08/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry (consolidated)
10/23/1867 - Married, Nancy Dyson "Nannie" Walters (she died in 1917)
07/11/1870 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nannie, and one daughter)
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Virginia
1874,1877 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA
1880 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nanni, 2 daughters & 3 sisters - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. C. Green)
04/01/1884 - Died at his home, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, "after being confined to the house by serious illness for some time."
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/20/2015. Unpublished database.
The following was added by Scott Hutchison, the creator of this memorial:
Pvt., Co. B, 18th Va. Inf. Regt. CSA
M.D. postwar.
Born: 01/25/1838 or 02/26/1838 (father: Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green; mother: Anne Colquhoun) [Note: A date of birth
of 01/25/1838 is engraved on Dr. Green's gravestone, but his date of birth is listed as 02/26/1838 in The Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, and in the University of Virginia matriculation register. The latter was entered by James Colquhoun Green, himself.]
11/12/1850 - Lived, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, with his parents
1859 - A.B. degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1860 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, but did not graduate from this institution
04/29/1860 - Father, Nathaniel T. Green, died
04/23/1861 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. (Danville Greys), Danville, VA. This unit subsequently became Co. B, 18th VA Infantry.
04/24/1861 - Mustered into service as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. [Occupation listed as "student."]
08/31/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sick in Centreville, VA, and absent from his regiment
10/02/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sent to Richmond because he was sick
12/10/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, detailed as an apothecary
02/18/1862 - Serving as an apothecary, 18th VA Infantry
04/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry
04/29/1862 - "The following men of the Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers are transferred, at their own request and with the consent of the officers concerned, to Captain W. K. Mebane's company Virginia cavalry, provided no expense to the Confederate States be thereby incurred: ...James C. Green, Company B." [S.O. 98/5 - Note: five other enlisted men were also listed]
05/03/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Wm. K. Mebane's Co., Pate's Regiment Cavalry [this Co. subsequently become Co. C, 5th VA Cavalry]
05/14/1862 - Pvt., 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
05/22/1862 - Pvt. & Hospital Steward, 18th VA Infantry
05/22/1862 - "Private James C. Green, of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is appointed hospital steward, and will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the general hospital at Danville, Va." [S.O. 117/5]
06/30/1862 - Serving as a Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
09/29/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon Joseph [sic] C. Green will report for duty to Surgeon Lafayette Guild, medical director of General Lee's army." [S.O. 227/8]
10/00/1862 - Staff, Gen. W. H. Payne
12/04/1862 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/20/1862
12/24/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, captured, Dumfries, VA
01/17/1863 - Committed to Old Capital Prison, Washington, DC, as a prisoner of war
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
07/16/1863 - While a prisoner of war, Fort Norfolk, VA wrote the following, "I James C Green, Surgeon in the Insurgent Army, a prisoner of war, do hereby give my solemn parole of honor that if permitted by the United States Military Authorities to go to the General Hospital at Portsmouth Va. for medical treatment [,] that I will hold no communication with enemies of the United States, nor give any information to the same during my sojourn there, that I will do nothing in word or deed detrimental to the government and forces of the United States, and that I will not leave the limits of the Hospital without permission from the Commanding Officer. James C. Green Asst. Surg. C.S.A."
07/16/1863 - Admitted as a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Portsmouth, VA (diagnosis: general debility)
10/11/1863 - As a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Asst. Surgeon James C. Green, C.S.A., wrote to Brig. Gen. Barnes [U.S.A.], Commandant Dept. of Norfolk, as follows, "Genl Having been confined as
a prisoner of war at Ft. Norfolk until my health rendered it necessary to remove me, I was transferred to this place by order of Genl Dix, for medical treatment. My health is now entirely restored and as there can be no longer any necessity of my remaining in [a] Hospital I beg that you will allow me to return to my prison Very respectfully yr obt srvt (James C Green) Asst. Surgn C S A"
10/14/1863 - Received at Fort McHenry, MD, as a prisoner of war, from Norfolk, VA
11/21/1863 - Sent to City Point, VA, while being held as a hostage for Surgeon Rucker, U. S. Volunteers
12/00/1863 - Exchanged after being imprisoned in Fort Norfolk [VA] by the U.S. Army and held as hostage for Dr. Rucker
12/11/1863 - "The leave of absence heretofore granted Assistant Surgeon James C. Green, Provisional Army Confederate States, is extended thirty days." [S.O. 294/10]
01/21/1864 - "Assistant Surgeon J. C. Green will report without delay to Surgeon L. Guild, medical director Army Northern Virginia, for assignment to duty." [S.O. 17/18]
01/25/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon J. B. Fontaine, Medical Director Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, for duty
02/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
03/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, in Danville, VA, he added the following note to a receipt for forage for his horse, "I am here temporarily detached from my Regt. The Brigade (Lomax's) having been sent on recruiting service and consequently my presence in the field note being at present necessary." signed: J C Green
04/17/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Ashland, VA
07/22/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, near Orange C. H., VA
10/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Lomax's Old Brigade
~11/08/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry (consolidated)
10/23/1867 - Married, Nancy Dyson "Nannie" Walters (she died in 1917)
07/11/1870 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nannie, and one daughter)
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Virginia
1874,1877 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA
1880 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nanni, 2 daughters & 3 sisters - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. C. Green)
04/01/1884 - Died at his home, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, "after being confined to the house by serious illness for some time."
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/20/2015. Unpublished database.
The following was added by Scott Hutchison, the creator of this memorial:
Pvt., Co. B, 18th Va. Inf. Regt. CSA
M.D. postwar.
of 01/25/1838 is engraved on Dr. Green's gravestone, but his date of birth is listed as 02/26/1838 in The Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, and in the University of Virginia matriculation register. The latter was entered by James Colquhoun Green, himself.]
11/12/1850 - Lived, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, with his parents
1859 - A.B. degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1860 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, but did not graduate from this institution
04/29/1860 - Father, Nathaniel T. Green, died
04/23/1861 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. (Danville Greys), Danville, VA. This unit subsequently became Co. B, 18th VA Infantry.
04/24/1861 - Mustered into service as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. [Occupation listed as "student."]
08/31/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sick in Centreville, VA, and absent from his regiment
10/02/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sent to Richmond because he was sick
12/10/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, detailed as an apothecary
02/18/1862 - Serving as an apothecary, 18th VA Infantry
04/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry
04/29/1862 - "The following men of the Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers are transferred, at their own request and with the consent of the officers concerned, to Captain W. K. Mebane's company Virginia cavalry, provided no expense to the Confederate States be thereby incurred: ...James C. Green, Company B." [S.O. 98/5 - Note: five other enlisted men were also listed]
05/03/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Wm. K. Mebane's Co., Pate's Regiment Cavalry [this Co. subsequently become Co. C, 5th VA Cavalry]
05/14/1862 - Pvt., 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
05/22/1862 - Pvt. & Hospital Steward, 18th VA Infantry
05/22/1862 - "Private James C. Green, of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is appointed hospital steward, and will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the general hospital at Danville, Va." [S.O. 117/5]
06/30/1862 - Serving as a Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
09/29/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon Joseph [sic] C. Green will report for duty to Surgeon Lafayette Guild, medical director of General Lee's army." [S.O. 227/8]
10/00/1862 - Staff, Gen. W. H. Payne
12/04/1862 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/20/1862
12/24/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, captured, Dumfries, VA
01/17/1863 - Committed to Old Capital Prison, Washington, DC, as a prisoner of war
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
07/16/1863 - While a prisoner of war, Fort Norfolk, VA wrote the following, "I James C Green, Surgeon in the Insurgent Army, a prisoner of war, do hereby give my solemn parole of honor that if permitted by the United States Military Authorities to go to the General Hospital at Portsmouth Va. for medical treatment [,] that I will hold no communication with enemies of the United States, nor give any information to the same during my sojourn there, that I will do nothing in word or deed detrimental to the government and forces of the United States, and that I will not leave the limits of the Hospital without permission from the Commanding Officer. James C. Green Asst. Surg. C.S.A."
07/16/1863 - Admitted as a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Portsmouth, VA (diagnosis: general debility)
10/11/1863 - As a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Asst. Surgeon James C. Green, C.S.A., wrote to Brig. Gen. Barnes [U.S.A.], Commandant Dept. of Norfolk, as follows, "Genl Having been confined as
a prisoner of war at Ft. Norfolk until my health rendered it necessary to remove me, I was transferred to this place by order of Genl Dix, for medical treatment. My health is now entirely restored and as there can be no longer any necessity of my remaining in [a] Hospital I beg that you will allow me to return to my prison Very respectfully yr obt srvt (James C Green) Asst. Surgn C S A"
10/14/1863 - Received at Fort McHenry, MD, as a prisoner of war, from Norfolk, VA
11/21/1863 - Sent to City Point, VA, while being held as a hostage for Surgeon Rucker, U. S. Volunteers
12/00/1863 - Exchanged after being imprisoned in Fort Norfolk [VA] by the U.S. Army and held as hostage for Dr. Rucker
12/11/1863 - "The leave of absence heretofore granted Assistant Surgeon James C. Green, Provisional Army Confederate States, is extended thirty days." [S.O. 294/10]
01/21/1864 - "Assistant Surgeon J. C. Green will report without delay to Surgeon L. Guild, medical director Army Northern Virginia, for assignment to duty." [S.O. 17/18]
01/25/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon J. B. Fontaine, Medical Director Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, for duty
02/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
03/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, in Danville, VA, he added the following note to a receipt for forage for his horse, "I am here temporarily detached from my Regt. The Brigade (Lomax's) having been sent on recruiting service and consequently my presence in the field note being at present necessary." signed: J C Green
04/17/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Ashland, VA
07/22/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, near Orange C. H., VA
10/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Lomax's Old Brigade
~11/08/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry (consolidated)
10/23/1867 - Married, Nancy Dyson "Nannie" Walters (she died in 1917)
07/11/1870 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nannie, and one daughter)
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Virginia
1874,1877 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA
1880 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nanni, 2 daughters & 3 sisters - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. C. Green)
04/01/1884 - Died at his home, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, "after being confined to the house by serious illness for some time."
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/20/2015. Unpublished database.
The following was added by Scott Hutchison, the creator of this memorial:
Pvt., Co. B, 18th Va. Inf. Regt. CSA
M.D. postwar.
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