- William P. Green enlisted as a First Sergeant in Co A, 14th W.Va. Infantry, on Aug 14 1862 in West Union, Doddridge County. He was promoted to Sergeant Major in January 1863 at New Creek, Mineral County. He was again promoted to Second Lieutenant, assuming command on Apr 1 1863. He was wounded in action at Fisher Hill on Sep 22 1864 and was hospitalized in Winchester until his death. (The Battle of Fisher's Hill was fought September 21-22, 1864, near Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the Civil War, resulting in a Union victory. - Wikipedia) The West Union chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), established in February 1870, was the William P. Green chapter, named in his honor.
NOTE: As of February 2017, the Civil War medal issued for William P. Green had never been claimed and was in storage at the West Virginia State Archives in Charleston.
http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/civilwarmedals/medals.html
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- 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."
Newspaper article, "Wheeling Daily Intelligencer," Thursday, Feb 17 1870, p. 4, in its entirety:
"G.A.R. - Post No. 34, G.A.R. has just been established in West Union, Doddridge county. The charter members are: Messrrs. C. C. Cole, E. S. Wade, W. L. Cole, L. C. Hunt, John Donohue, A. C. Holmes, C. A. Holmes, Perry Smith, W. J. Neely, A. J. Charter and D. W. Kinney."
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