William Nelson Green Jr.
William Nelson Green Jr. was born on January 10, 1843, in Worcester, Massachusetts, to William and Sarah Green. His father was a judge who owned $8,000 of real estate and $4,000 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Worcester. He applied for a passport in April 1861, and his application described him as 5 feet, 9 ½ inches tall, with black hair and greyish blue eyes.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 16, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company K of the 25th Massachusetts Infantry. In March 1862, he was promoted to 2nd lieutenant in Company A of the 102nd New York Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Cedar Mountain, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the Battle of Gettysburg. Confederates captured him at Cedar Mountain on August 8, 1862, and imprisoned him at Libby Prison for several weeks.
 
He was promoted to captain during the winter of 1862-63. Then, in August 1863, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 173rd New York Infantry. The regiment took part in the Red River campaign. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Pleasant Hill on April 9, 1864, and surgeons amputated his left arm. He died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 14, 1864.
 
Image: William N. Green Jr. (Library of Congress)
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4268)Green, William Nelson Jr.1843-01-101864-05-14
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Rank highest: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 6

  • (11793) [writer] ~ William N. Green Jr. to Uncle, 17 March 1862
  • (11794) [writer] ~ William N. Green Jr. to William E. Green and Elizabeth Green, 21 June 1862
  • (11795) [writer] ~ William N. Green Jr. to William E. Green, 31 January 1863
  • (11796) [writer] ~ William N. Green Jr. to William E. Green, 16 August 1863
  • (11797) [writer] ~ William N. Green Jr. to William E. Green, 15 November 1863
  • (11798) [writer] ~ William N. Green Jr. to William E. Green, 10 March 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (4270) Green, William Elijah is the [grandparent of] (4268) Green, William Nelson Jr.
  • (4271) Green, Elizabeth is the [grandparent of] (4268) Green, William Nelson Jr.
  • (5581) Green, William Nelson is the [parent of] (4268) Green, William Nelson Jr.

Places - Records: 2

  • (72) [death] ~ New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  • (3566) [death] ~ Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Regiments - Records: 3

  • (742) [enlisted] ~ 25th Massachusetts Infantry
  • (278) [officer] ~ 102nd New York Infantry
  • (1257) [officer] ~ 173rd New York Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town Birth Records, 1620-1850, available from Ancestry.com; U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Ancestry.com; U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, available from Ancestry.com