Martin Edwin Green (June 3, 1815 – June 27, 1863) was a Confederate brigadier general in the

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, and a key organizer of the

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in northern

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Early life

Green was born in

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. In 1836 he and his young bride moved to

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where he and his brothers established a sawmill. He became a prominent Democrat and Judge of the Lewis County Court. His brother was Missouri's Democratic Party United States Senator James S. Green.

Civil War

At the outbreak of the war in 1861, Green was a leading secessionist in Northeast Missouri. Following a July 4 riot at

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Judge Green summoned pro-Southern citizens to a training camp on the

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under the auspices of the district's

. He formed this mass into a cavalry regiment and Joseph C. Porter served as the lieutenant colonel. Green went on the offensive in Northeast Missouri attempting to scatter

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's Union Home Guard regiment. Green's much larger force included some artillery and struck Moore at

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. Green's raw recruits were repulsed and retreated from the field. Green and his regiment participated in the successful attack on Lexington in September 1861 and at the defeat at Pea Ridge (or Elkhorn Tavern), March 1862. They also were present at the defeats at Iuka and

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Promotion and death

Green was commissioned a Confederate States brigadier general from July 21, 1862. He commanded a brigade of Bowen's Division in the

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. He was slightly wounded on June 25, 1863. On June 27, 1863, during the siege, he was warned to keep his head down while inspecting the defenses. "A bullet has not yet been molded that will kill me", he answered. Those were his last words. Moments later he was shot in the head and killed by a Union sharpshooter. According to the NPS Confederate Soldier listing at Vicksburg, a footnote remarks he was interred at the George Marshall Lot; reportedly he is buried in Grave # 542 Cedar Hill Cemetery (Vicksburg, Mississippi).

References

* Anders, Leslie; Farthest North' The Historian and the Battle of Athens.'', Missouri Historical Review, January 1975. * Eicher, John H., and

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, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . * Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. . * Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. .

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NPS Listing {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Martin E. People from Fauquier County, Virginia People of Missouri in the American Civil War Confederate States Army brigadier generals Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War Missouri State Guard 1815 births 1863 deaths

Early life

Civil War

Promotion and death

See also

References

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