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Three Who Went Off to the War William L. Green, Samuel D. Green, and John Green Roger Futrell William L. Green, Samuel D. Green, and John Green were brothers. They grew up at Indian Mound in rural Stewart County, Tennessee, and were sons of Winney (Hogan) Green, a widow, and Collin Green, who died when they were young. 1 Winney supported her three boys by working as a seamstress. 2 When the Civil War broke out, the three brothers chose sides and went away to war—their divided loyalties mirroring the times: William joined the Confederate Army in 1861; 3 his younger brother, Samuel, enlisted in the Union Army in 1863; 4 and the youngest brother, John, enrolled in the Confederate army. 5 William L. Green William L. Green was born in Henry County, Tennessee, on 22 Aug 1835, 6 but grew up at Indian Mound in adjoining Stewart County. 7 His parents married on 10 Mar 1839; 8 compelling evidence suggests that William was born out-ofwedlock. William married Eudora Marshall, of Stewart County, on 3 May 1860. 9 William, Eudora, and their infant daughter, Cynthia Susan, moved from Stewart County, Tennessee, to Arkansas in the spring of 1861 where they lived, briefly, with his widowed mother, Winney Green, 10 who had recently settled in Independence County where she worked as a seamstress. After William went away to war, Winney and Eudora took little Cynthia and returned to Dover, Tennessee, a distance of three hundred miles. 11 William enlisted as a private in (New) Company H, 8th Arkansas Infantry, CSA, at Pocahontas, Arkansas, on 6 Nov 1861. 12 Company H was formed by the consolidation of Companies B & C, 7th Battalion Arkansas Infantry. 13 The 8th Arkansas Infantry saw intense combat; they moved east of the Mississippi River and lost heavily at the battle of Shiloh; they fought with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, and then returned to Tennessee with General Hood. 14 William and Samuel Green fought on opposite sides at the skirmish of Guy’s Gap, Tennessee, on 25 Jun 1863. William stated in a 1913 interview that he was at Guy’s Gap, 15 and regimental histories indicate that Samuel’s Minnesota regiment was there. 16 William L. Green was captured by Union troops near Jonesboro, Georgia, on 1 Sep 1864, but he was released in an exchange-of-prisoners, ordered by Major General W. T. Sherman, at Rough and Ready, Georgia, on 19 Sep 1864. 17 Shortly, thereafter, he returned to the 8th Arkansas Regiment which turned north into Tennessee. William was wounded at the battle of Franklin, on 30 Nov 1864, 18 when he was struck by a grapeshot about the size of a golf ball. 19 He was captured by Union patrols at Franklin, Tennessee, on 17 Dec 1864, and transferred to Nashville where he was admitted to the U.S.A. General Hospital #1 on 29 Jan 1865. 20 Entries in his medical records indicate that he was “age 29” and that he was treated for a “simple fracture of right thigh and hip” [described as] “severe” [and caused by a] “can. ball.” When he was released from the hospital on 1 Mar 1865, he was handed over to the Union Provost Marshal. 21 William was transferred from Nashville to the military prison at Louisville, <strong>Kentucky</strong>, on 1 Mar 1865; he was transferred from Louisville to Camp Chase Military Prison, Autumn 2008 | 23
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