Martin Edward Green

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Martin Edward Green (3 June - 27 June 1863) was born in Lewis County, Missouri. At the beginning of the War Between the States, he organized a regiment near Paris, Missouri, and, joining General Sterling Price, contributed largely to the success of the Confederates in the capture of Lexington, Missouri, and the Union garrison commanded by Colonel James A. Mulligan. He ordered his men to roll hemp-bales up the river-bank, which formed movable breastworks. After this battle he was appointed Brigadier-General, served with General Price throughout the Missouri campaign, and was conspicuous for bravery in the battles of Farming-ton, Iuka, Corinth, and Baker's Creek. He died from a gunshot wound in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1863.