Green McCarley was the son of Moses Green Lee and Ragan McCarley of Ripley, Mississippi. He was brother to Moses and John Washington McCarley.
On May 10, 1861, at twenty-two years of age, Green was mustered into the 2nd Mississippi Infantry, Company B, O’Conner Rifles, one of four volunteer companies formed in Tippah County, Mississippi. He was sent to Virginia as a regimental teamster.
Green was wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and sent to DeCamp General Hospital, July 23, 1863. He died October 13, 1863 of “pyaemia” or sepsis. He was buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, in grave number 899.
Jerry W. Owen
From:
The Confederate Dead in Brooklyn. John F. Walter, 2003
Heritage of Tippah County. Tippah County Historical Society. Edited Reprint, 1999.
On May 10, 1861, at twenty-two years of age, Green was mustered into the 2nd Mississippi Infantry, Company B, O’Conner Rifles, one of four volunteer companies formed in Tippah County, Mississippi. He was sent to Virginia as a regimental teamster.
Green was wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and sent to DeCamp General Hospital, July 23, 1863. He died October 13, 1863 of “pyaemia” or sepsis. He was buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, in grave number 899.
Jerry W. Owen
From:
The Confederate Dead in Brooklyn. John F. Walter, 2003
Heritage of Tippah County. Tippah County Historical Society. Edited Reprint, 1999.
Green McCarley was the son of Moses Green Lee and Ragan McCarley of Ripley, Mississippi. He was brother to Moses and John Washington McCarley.
On May 10, 1861, at twenty-two years of age, Green was mustered into the 2nd Mississippi Infantry, Company B, O’Conner Rifles, one of four volunteer companies formed in Tippah County, Mississippi. He was sent to Virginia as a regimental teamster.
Green was wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and sent to DeCamp General Hospital, July 23, 1863. He died October 13, 1863 of “pyaemia” or sepsis. He was buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, in grave number 899.
Jerry W. Owen
From:
The Confederate Dead in Brooklyn. John F. Walter, 2003
Heritage of Tippah County. Tippah County Historical Society. Edited Reprint, 1999.
On May 10, 1861, at twenty-two years of age, Green was mustered into the 2nd Mississippi Infantry, Company B, O’Conner Rifles, one of four volunteer companies formed in Tippah County, Mississippi. He was sent to Virginia as a regimental teamster.
Green was wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and sent to DeCamp General Hospital, July 23, 1863. He died October 13, 1863 of “pyaemia” or sepsis. He was buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, in grave number 899.
Jerry W. Owen
From:
The Confederate Dead in Brooklyn. John F. Walter, 2003
Heritage of Tippah County. Tippah County Historical Society. Edited Reprint, 1999.
