Near Lake End in Red River Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

C.S.A. Brigadier General Tom Green

Photographed By Texmexfla, April 12, 2008

1. C.S.A. BRIGADIER GENERAL TOM GREEN Marker

Inscription. 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."

Erected 2008 by Louisiana Society Order of The Confederate Rose.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is April 12, 1938.

Location. 31° 56.077′ N, 93° 17.986′ W. Marker is near Lake End, Louisiana, in Red River Parish. Marker is on the Lock and Dam No. 4 access road, on the left when traveling north. The river has changed course but the area is still along the water. Blair's Landing is not easy to find, but if you travel on LA Route #1 about 250 yards north of the intersection of LA Hwy 174, you will come to a sign for Lake End, Louisiana and Lock and Dam #4. Drive on a narrow acess road that seems like it is going to nowhere until you see the marker. If you get to a large modern dam and park, you've past the site.

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Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Coushatta LA 71019, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 18 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Reverend John Dupree (approx. 11.4 miles away); In Honor and Memory of our Veterans (approx. 12.6 miles away); William Hodge Barnhill (approx. 14.7 miles away); Grave of Unknown Confederate Soldier (approx. 15 miles away); Site of Camp Salubrity (approx. 15.6 miles away); Francois Rouquier Homesite (approx. 17½ miles away).

Additional commentary.
1. Details of the Battle
Richard Taylor gave orders to Brig. General Tom Green to stop the Union fleet at Blair's Landing. Green's men had been riding and in heavy fighting against Union General N. P. Banks troops for days, but rode to what they thought would be a chance to catch the Union Navy and destroy it. The ships the Confederates saw, however, were the rear of the fleet which had sailed away. Tom Green did not know this had happened so he pressed his men into the fight with vigor.

Among the Texas Troops were:
Buchel's 1st Texas Cavalry
Debray's 26th Texas Cavalry
Likens' 35th Texas Cavalry
Woods' 36th Texas Cavalry
Bagby's 7th Texas Cavalry
Major's Texas Cavalry
Hardeman's

Marker from the road with view of water where ships were image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Texmexfla, April 12, 2008

2. Marker from the road with view of water where ships were

4th Texas Cavalry
Terrell's 37th Texas Cavalry

Fighting against the Union Navy's ships:
USS Osage
USS Lexington
USS Black Hawk

Sources: Through the Howling Wilderness; the 1864 Red River Campaign and Union Failure in the West. By Gary D. Joiner,Univ of Tennessee Press, 2006.

Red River Campaign: Politics and Cotton in the Civil War. by Ludwell H. Johnson, Kent State Univ. Press,1993. page 119.

— Submitted May 5, 2008, by Texmexfla of Houston, Texas.

C.S.A. Brigadier General Tom Green image. Click for full size.

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3. C.S.A. Brigadier General Tom Green

Photo of Thomas Jefferson Green in Confederate Uniform (1814-1864)

Photographed By Jason Armstrong, December 4, 2021

4. C.S.A. Brigadier General Tom Green Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2008, by Texmexfla of Houston, Texas. This page has been viewed 5,944 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 4, 2008, by Texmexfla of Houston, Texas. 3. submitted on July 21, 2008, by Texmexfla of Houston, Texas. 4. submitted on April 24, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.