Bennett W. Green-- Part 12: In U.S. Navy Before the War

From U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Officers 1775-1900.

Like many Southern naval officers, Bennett Green resigned his U.S. Navy commission and offered his services to his new country after his state seceded.

Green, Bennett W.   Assistant surgeon, 21 August, 1859.  Dismissed May 1861.

Tendered resignation May 2, 1861.  Accepted or dismissed 18 May 1861.  Birth place:  Virginia  Appointed from Virginia, Citizen of Virginia.

Date of Confederate States Navy appointment 23 May 1861 as assistant surgeon.

--Old B-Runner