
George Sears Greene
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 125 years ago |
Date of birth | May 6,1801 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Apponaug |
Rhode Island | |
United States | |
Date of died | January 28,1899 |
Died | Morristown |
New Jersey | |
United States | |
Years of service | 1823–1836; 1862–1866 |
Battles and wars | American Civil War |
Books | The Greenes of Rhode Island: With Historical Records of English Ancestry, 1534-1902 |
Children | Francis Vinton Greene |
Education | United States Military Academy |
Place of burial | Warwick |
Rhode Island | |
US | |
Nicknam | Pap, Pappy, Old Man |
Rank | Brigadier General; Brevet Major General |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1264025 |
George Sears Greene Life story
George Sears Greene was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He was part of the Greene family of Rhode Island, which had a record of distinguished military service to the United States. He first served in the Army from 1823 to 1836 after graduating second from his class at West Point.