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Green, Thomas 1816-

Military officer; born in Virginia in 1816; settled in Texas early in life; served in the war with Mexico: and when the Civil War began joined the Confederate army, and took part in the engagements of Valverde, Bisland, and Galveston, and the capture of the United States revenue-cutter Harriet Lane. In 1863 he defeated the National army in the action of Bayou la Fourche; was promoted major-general in recognition of his gallantry; and was fatally wounded at Pleasant Hill, La., by a shot from a United States war-ship, April 12, 1864, and died two days afterwards.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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