词条 | Oliver Duff Greene |
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|name=Oliver Duff Greene |birth_date= {{birth-date|January 25, 1833}} |death_date= {{death-date and age|March 19, 1904|January 25, 1833}} |birth_place= Scott, New York |death_place= San Francisco, California |placeofburial= San Francisco National Cemetery |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image=Oliver Duff Greene.JPG |caption= |allegiance= United States of America |branch= United States Army Union Army |serviceyears=1854 - 1897 |rank=Colonel Brevet Brigadier General |commands= |unit= 2nd Artillery Regiment Adjutant General's Department |awards= {{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor |family= |laterwork= |enteredservice= }} Oliver Duff (or Davis) Greene (January 25, 1833 – March 19, 1904) was a Union officer who received the Medal of Honor on December 13, 1893 for his action at the Battle of Antietam on September 16, 1862. Born in Scott, New York, Greene graduated from West Point in 1854, receiving his commission in the artillery.[1] A staff officer for most of his career, he served as Adjutant-General of VI Corps during the Maryland Campaign. A Major at war´s end, he was brevetted to Brigadier General in March 1865. He received promotions to Lieutenant Colonel in February 1887, to Colonel in July 1892,[2] and retired in January 1897. Medal of Honor citation"Formed the columns under heavy fire and put them into position."[3] See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|American Civil War}}
References{{ACMH}} 1. ^{{cite web|title=West Point Medal of Honor Recipients|publisher=Homeofheroes.com|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/e-books/mohS_westpoint/page_04.html|accessdate=2009-04-06}} {{USMALists}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Oliver Duff}}{{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub}}2. ^Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8047-3641-3}}. 3. ^{{cite web|title=Civil War Medal of Honor recipients (A-L)|publisher=United States Army Center of Military History|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html|accessdate=2009-04-06}} 9 : 1833 births|1904 deaths|Union Army officers|United States Army Medal of Honor recipients|United States Military Academy alumni|People of New York (state) in the American Civil War|American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor|Burials at San Francisco National Cemetery|People from Scott, New York |
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