Green, Thomas The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 4, p.394 GREEN, Thomas, soldier, was born in Amelia county, Va., June 8, 1814; son of Nathan and Mary (Field) Green. He was educated in Tennessee to which state his father removed when Thomas was an infant: and when the Texas struggle for independence took form he emigrated to that state, and took part in the war of 1836-37, and also in the war with Mexico, 1846-47. He was clerk of the supreme court of Texas while not absent on military duty, 1841-61. Tom Green county was named for him. In 1861 he was made a colonel in the Confederate army and took part in the engagements at Valverde, Feb. 21, 1862, Glorietta, March 26-28, 1862, Las Cruces, and in the recapture of Galveston, and of the steamer Harriet Lane by Gen. J.B. Magruder, commanding the district of Texas, Jan. 1, 1863. He was in command of the cavalry in the division of Gen. Richard Taylor, and his troop of cavalry routed Generals Weitzel and Grover at Koch's plantation on Bayou La Fourche, July 13, 1863. [p.395] This engagement won for him the rank of brigadier-general, and the was placed in command of the cavalry division of the trans-Mississippi department. He commanded a brigade of Texas cavalry in Marmaduke's cavalry division in the Red River campaign, and took part in the engagements at Bayou St. Patrice, April 7, 1863, Mansfield (Sabine Cross-Roads), April 8, and in harassing the retreating Federal army, April 8-12, and he was mortally wounded while firing upon the Federal gunboats from a bluff near Blair's Landing, La., April 12, and died on Blair's Plantation, April 14, 1864. David A. Macaulay Archivist of MACAULAY and related Families Scotland to New England, and Beyond ! www.familyweb.nu/ www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/5248/saugus.htm