Notes for: William P. Green

The West Union chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was named in honor of William P. Green.

The following letter, included in his mother's Civil War widow's pension application, was written by William P. Green to his mother from Webster, W.Va., on Apr 3 1864:
"My Dear Mother,
I propose to drop you a few lines to inform you that I am still on the land and among the living and enjoying good health. I left Burlington, W.Va. on the morning of the 2nd and come to New Creek and from there on the Cass to Webster, this side of Grafton. I expect we will go to Beverly or some other place up in the mountains. I will write to you soon again.
I remain your devoted son,
Wm. P Greene, Lieut.
P.S. I expressed one hundred dollars for you at New Creek yesterday. I forgot to pay the expressage on it. You will have to pay it."

From the Diary of Flavius Josephus Ashburn, page 117, November 1864:
"On Sunday the 6th I attended the funeral services of Lieut. William Green. He died on the 1st day of this month from a wound received in battle and his body was embalmed and sent home to West Union. He was there placed in a highly finished coffin and conveyed to the meeting house while Bro. Lyon (a Methodist minister and Chaplain in the army) preached his funeral. After which, amidst the outbursts of grief and mournful lamentations of his mother and other relations, he was interred in the silent tomb."