Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A. Black Horse Cavalry A Research Compendium · Lynn Hopewell
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John Archibald Green

1841–1908

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Confederate Service Record

"John Green"; 6’0", light complexion; enlisted 1 August 1862 Manassas; 18 years old; detached with Genls. Jackson and A. P. Hill; wounded May 1864 Trevillian Station; paroled 4 May 1865 Winchester, moved to Texas.

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John Archibald Green K Y Photo: Born: 23 April 1841 in Culpeper County.[1682] Born 1 February 1844.[1683] Married: He married Susan Virginia Lewis on 14 November 1866 in Culpeper County. She was born in 1840 in Culpeper County, died 1915 in Dickens County, Texas, and is buried at Dickens Cemetery.[1684] Died: 28 December 1908 in Fort Worth, Texas, at home of Mrs. Mary Johnson. He is buried in Dickens Cemetery, Dickens County, Texas.[1685] Died 6 October 1919; buried Warrenton Cemetery.[1686] This is likely another John Green; no “John Green” is on the U. D. C.’s Confederate List. Obituary: Children: ***gen from Ancestry on eml from HB Parents and Siblings: ***gen from Ancestry on eml from HB Other Family: Stories, Letters & Biographies: Connection to James Markham Marshall’s letter? “Our regiment is now on the way to join Beaureagard at Manassas J[unction].”[1687] See Letters Chapter. This letter mentions an “Archie”, but could mean another one. James’s sister’s father-in-law was also Archibald. [NOTE:the sister was Lily, her husband Moses M. Green, & the father-in-law Archibald Green; but if John A. Green was son of A. G., brother of Moses, then brother-in-law of Lily….] One Mr. Green was an honorary pallbearer at the 1909 funeral of Robert Allison Hart.[1688] “On the 18th of May, 1861,”… “soldiers in the Spartan sense”… “observed a Masonic sign”… “always counted on the Black Horse in emergencies”… “a gem of eloquence”… “an old Black Horseman… said the other day”….[1689] See Stories Chapter under The Black Horse Troop. CSR: “John Green”; 6’0”, light complexion; enlisted 1 August 1862 Manassas; 18 years old; detached with Genls. Jackson and A. P. Hill; wounded May 1864 Trevillian Station; paroled 4 May 1865 Winchester, moved to Texas. Confederate Pension Application: His Texas Pension application revealed the following. He enlisted at Manassas 1 February 1862 and served on detached service with Gen. Jackson and Gen. A.P. Hill. He was wounded at Trevillian Station May 1864. He was paroled at Winchester 4 May 1864. [NOTE:nb#1, highlighted not on letter in J. S. G.’s file. nb#2, Krick wrote Lee’s Colonels; re Gaskins entry.] Born 23 April, 1841 in Culpeper County and died 28 December 1908 in Fort Worth, Texas, at home of Mrs. Mary Johnson. He is buried in Dickens Cemetery, Dickens County Texas. He married Susan Virginia Lewis 14 November 1866 in Culpeper County. She was born in 1840 in Culpeper County and died 1915 in Dickens County, Texas, and is buried in Dickens Cemetery. He moved to Lampassas County, Texas, in 1871; to Bosque County in 1876; to Stonewall County in 1889; to Dickens County in 1891. He was a “rancher and attorney; first Dickens County attorney, 1891–1893.” He was Commander of the S. B. Maxey U. C. V. Camp #860 of Matador, Texas.[1690] Additional Information: Listed as “John Green.” [1691] “John William Green”, Private, 18 February 1844–6 October 1919, Warrenton Cemetery.[1692] What source for “Archibald?” Keith and Stiles both list “John Green” without middle name. Stiles’s dob matches the “John William Green” who Dink lists at Warrenton Cemetery, but also notes that “John Green” went to Texas. This leaves Krick’s pension and UDC apps, or Years, as possible sources for the “Archibald” middle name. What is Dink’s source for “William”—the cemetery marker? Still looks like J. Archibald and J. William are two different people, based on birth dates, death dates, burial places. Looks like all of the sources have been getting them mixed up all along.[1693]

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From A Biographical Register of the Members of Fauquier County Virginia's Black Horse Cavalry, 1859–1865. Compiled by Lynn C. Hopewell (1940–2006), with editorial assistance by Susan W. Roberts and research by Heidi Burke. Manuscript completed February 28, 2008. Published posthumously.

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