C.S.A. Brigadier General Tom Green
April 12, 1864, C.S.A. Brig. Gen. Tom
Green was killed near here leading his
Texas cavalry in a duel against the Union
monitor Osage, gunboat Lexington,
and the transport Black Hawk at the
Battle of Blair's Landing. Of his passing Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor, said Green was "upright, modest, and with the simplicity of a child, danger seemed to be his element, and he rejoiced in combat... His death was a public calamity and mourned as such by the people of Texas and Louisiana."
Marker is on the Lock and Dam No. 4 access road, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
