Charles
Green was born on the 3rd August, 1833 at Falmouth, Virginia and he
graduated from the VMI in July 1859. In the fall of 1859 he served with the
Stafford Rangers at Harpers Ferry but after John Brown was hung, he resigned and
went to New Orleans.
He
enlisted on the 23rd April, 1861 in Company A, Stafford County as a
Captain and when the Company was reorganized on the 16th April, 1862, he was re-elected Captain on the 30th
April, 1862. The
47th Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized
on the 11th June, 1861 with ten companies.
During
the campaigns he was wounded at Gaines' Mill on the 27th June, 1862
and at Chancellorsville on the 3rd May, 1863. He was struck twice
at Spotsylvania on the 12th May, 1864 but was only slightly
bruised. He was again wounded at Weldon Railroad on the 1st September, 1864.
He
was promoted to Major on the 19th December, 1864, resigned at
Ashland on the 29th April, 1865 and became a merchant and farmer.
He married Virginia Whittmore on the 21st September, 1872 and moved
to Dallas, Texas in 1873. His wife died on the 20th November, 18/77
leaving one daughter, Virginia.
Charles
Green never remarried and died on the 7th September, 1909 in
Dallas, he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Tranter
percussion revolver No.18832T is a 54 bore fourth model, it is cased and
retailed Cogswell and Harrison, London. The revolver is engraved on the barrel.
Capt. Charles Green Co.A
47th Virginia C.S.A. According to the director of the
VMI Museum, this is the only known engraved revolver belonging to a VMI graduate
that fought in the Civil War.
This
information comes from the Virginia Regimental Histories Series 1st
Edition