1. Israel Greene was a member of the United States Marine Corps and the leader of the company of Marines that captured John Brown during his raid on Harpers Ferry.
13 Facts About Israel Greene
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Israel Greene later left the USMC and served as an officer in the Confederate States Marine Corps during the American Civil War.
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Israel Greene grew up in Wisconsin and later married a woman from Virginia.
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Israel Greene was commissioned a second lieutenant on March 3,1847.
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Israel Greene found a ladder in the yard that belonged to the engine house and ordered the other ten Marines to use it as a battering ram to knock the front doors in.
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Israel Greene was the first through the door and with the assistance of Lewis Washington identified and singled out John Brown.
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Israel Greene was moving as the blow fell, and I suppose I did not strike him where I intended, for he received a deep saber cut in the back of the neck.
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Israel Greene fell senseless on his side, then rolled over on his back.
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Israel Greene had in his hand a short Sharpe's-cavalry carbine.
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Israel Greene was one of 16 Marine officers to resign.
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Israel Greene served throughout the war at Confederate Marine headquarters in Richmond until his capture and parole at Farmville, Virginia, in April 1865.
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Israel Greene then moved west and settled in Mitchell, Dakota Territory and was a pioneer civil engineer and surveyor.
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On May 25,1909, Israel Greene died at the age of 84 on his farm near Mitchell.