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George Sears Greene (1801-1899)

George Sears Greene (May 6, 1801 - January 28, 1899) was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War. Greene was part of the Greene family of Rhode Island, which had a distinguished military record for the United States.

Early life

Greene was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island, the grandson of Revolutionary War general Nathaniel Greene, and the son of a ship owner who was financially ruined by the War of 1812. Greene hoped to attend Brown University, but his impoverished father could not afford it, so he moved to New York City and found work in a dry goods store.

At age 18, he obtained an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy and graduated second in the class of 1823.

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That summer he married Elizabeth Vinton, sister of a classmate. He served in the artillery, as an instructor at West Point, and in garrison duty.

While assigned to an Army post in Maine in 1833, tragedy struck: Greene's wife and all three of their chil