GREEN, Martin Edwin

Affiliation:  Union

Born: June 3 1815, Fauquier Cty VA

Died: June 27 1863, Vicksburg MS

Pre-War Profession: Lumber miller

War Service: 1861 recruited cavalry in Missouri for Sterling Price, Col. of "Green's Missouri Cavalry Regiment", Lexington, Elkhorn Tavern, July 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 3rd Bde at Iuka, Corinth, commanding 2nd Bde/Bowen's Divn.

Post War: 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