Background
GREEN, Thomas was born on June 8, 1814 in Amelia County, Virginia, United States, United States. Son of Nathan and Mary (Field) Green. His father, a Tennessee lawyer, was later a judge of the state Supreme Court and president of Lebanon Law College.
Education
Private school, southern university.
Career
Green attended Princeton College, Jackson College, and the University of Nashville in Tennessee, before joining the revolutionary army of Texas in 1835. He was a Presbyterian and a bachelor. A major at the battle of San Jacinto, he became a surveyor in LaGrange, Texas, in 1837.
A county in Texas now bears his name. In 1839-1840, he was an Indian fighter, and, in 1840, he represented Fayette County in the Texas Congress. Green, who had also studied law with his father, was clerk for the Texas Supreme Court from 1841 to 1861.
He served on the Mexican frontier in 1842, and in 1846, he was a captain at the battle of Monterrey during the Mexican War. He volunteered for service in the Confederate Army when the war broke out. Green was named colonel of an Arizona and New Mexico regiment in 1861.
He was in all Texas battles of the Civil War, as well as the New Mexico battles of Valverde, Glorieta, and Las Cruces. In January 1863, he participated in the recapture of Galveston, Texas, and on May 20, 1863, he was promoted to brigadier general. He was recommended for promotion to major general but was never confirmed.
Green, who was related to General Richard Taylor, served in Louisiana in the Red River campaign of 1864. He commanded a cavalry division at the battle of Mansfield on April 8 and on April 9 incurred wounds at the battle of Pleasant Hill that were to prove fatal.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.