George S. Greene
Date of Birth: May 6, 1801
Hometown: Apponaug, MN
Education: West
Point, 1823
Final Wartime Rank: Brigadier General
Final Peacetime Rank: N/A
Date of Death: January 28, 1899
Place of Death: Morristown, NJ
Buried At:
Warwick, RI
Major Battles: Cedar Mountain, Antietam Campaign, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga
Interesting Fact(s): Greene's valiant defense, of Culp's Hill, at Gettysburg, with one brigade, saved the day, on the Union right, on July 2. His skills, as a civil engineer, allowed him to strategically place earthworks, on the approaches to Culp's Hill.
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