Tom Green, Confederate General

The Handbook of Texas says Thomas Green was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, on June 8, 1814, studied law with his father, a Tennessee Supreme Court judge, and reached Nacogdoches by December 1835. Days after San Jacinto he was commissioned a lieutenant, and in May he became a major and aide-de-camp to Thomas J. Rusk. From 1837 he was a La Grange county surveyor and the House's engrossing clerk. He was inspector general of the Somervell expedition, led a Ranger company at Monterrey in 1846 and married Mary Wallace Chalmers in 1847.

What the plaque says

(Star and Wreath) Led 5th Texas Cavalry, Battle Val Verde in Arizona-New Mexico Campaign, 1861-1862. Commanded "cotton clad" carrying Cavalrymen dubbed "Horse Marines" in recapture Galvston, January 1863. Made brigadier general while leading Green's Cavalry division 1863 campaign to save Louisiana. Killed 1864 leading attack at Blair's Landing, Louisiana in Red River Campaign to prevent the Federal invasion of Texas. An ardent Texan, a brave leader, he constantly sought the heat of battle. A memorial to Texas who served the Confederacy. This county was named in honor of Tom Green, 1814-1864. Came to Texas from Tennessee, 1833. Veteran Battle of San Jacinto 1836 manning famed "Twin Sisters" cannons. Fayette County representative 4th Congress. Secretary of Senate, 6th and 8th congresses. Clerk of Supreme Court, 1841-1861. Participated frontier Indian campaigns. Member Somervell Expedition. Officer in Mexican War. Confederate general in the Civil War. (1963)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum — 0.3 mi
  The upstairs rooms on Concho Avenue where a brothel ran from 1902 until the Texas Rangers closed it in 1952, shown on short guided tours with most of the furnishings original.
• San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts — 0.5 mi
  A free art museum on the Concho beside Fort Concho, founded in the fort's 1868 quartermaster building and known nationally for its biennial ceramics competition.
• Concho River Walk — 0.5 mi
  Four miles of lit trails along the North Concho through downtown San Angelo, rebuilt after voters taxed themselves in 2004, with gardens, sculpture, a river stage and stocked trout.
• Fort Concho National Historic Landmark — 0.7 mi
  The stone post at the forks of the Concho, headquarters of the Tenth Cavalry from 1875 to 1882, saved by a woman with a museum and now a city-run landmark of 23 original buildings.

More markers nearby

• Original Tom Green County — steps away
• Charles B. Metcalfe — steps away
• The San Angelo Standard — steps away
• John Yellott Rust — steps away