- Wharton J. Green
Wharton Jackson Green (
February 28 ,1831 –August 6 ,1910 ) was a U.S. Congressman fromNorth Carolina and an officer in theConfederate States Army during theAmerican Civil War .Born in
St. Marks, Florida , Green was instructed by private tutors. He attended Georgetown College, Lovejoy’s Academy inRaleigh, North Carolina , and theUnited States Military Academy ,West Point, New York . He then studied law at theUniversity of Virginia at Charlottesville and atCumberland University ,Lebanon, Tennessee . He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice inWashington, D.C. before engaging in agricultural pursuits inWarren County, North Carolina , in 1859.During the Civil War, Green enlisted in the Confederate service in 1861 and rose through the ranks to
lieutenant colonel of the Second North Carolina Battalion. Afterward, he served on Brigadier GeneralJunius Daniel ’s staff. Green was wounded and taken prisoner at theBattle of Gettysburg in July 1863. He spent the rest of the war in theJohnson's Island prisoner-of-war camp.After the war, he settled at “Tokay Vineyard,” near
Fayetteville, North Carolina , and became interested inviticulture . He was a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention s in 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1888. Green was the first president of the Society of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors in North Carolina.Entering politics, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886 and retired from public service. He then devoted his time to the cultivation of his vineyard and to literary pursuits. He wrote his autobiography, "Recollections and Reflections: An auto of Half a Century and More," in 1906.
Wharton Green died at “Tokay,” near Fayetteville on
August 6 ,1910 . He was buried in the town's Cross Creek Cemetery.He was the son of
Texas Revolution generalThomas Jefferson Green , the grandson of U.S. SenatorJesse Wharton , and the cousin of Confederate generalMatt Whitaker Ransom .References
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* [http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/green/green.html Autobiography]
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