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Garnett, Robert Selden, son of Roliert Seidell Garnett (q. v.), born in Essex county, Virginia ; graduated from United States Military Academy, in 1841, as second lieutenant of artillery, and was an instruc- tor there till October, 1844. In 1845 ^^ went tc Mexico as aide to Gen. Wool, and served with distinction at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma; and was aide to Gen. Taylor at Monterey and Buena Vista. As captain, he was again an instructor at West Point in 1852-54. Promoted to major he served on the western frontier. He was on leave of absence in Europe when the civil war broke out. Returning, he resigned, was commis- sioned lieutenant-colonel, C. S. A., and was adjutant-general to Gen. R. E. Lee. In June, 1861, as brigadier-general, he went into service in western Virginia, and while leading his troops at Carrick's Ford, July 13, was killed by a volley from the enemy. His body was tenderly cared for by Gen. McClellan, and returned to his friends.

Green, Thomas, Ijorn in Amelia county, \'irginia, June 8, 1814. son of Nathan Green, a distinguished Tennessee jurist and presi- dent of Lebanon (Tennessee) Law College. Thomas Green, in 1835, having just attain- ed his majority, joined the revolutionary army in Texas, and was in the engagement ar San Jacintn. April 21, 1836. After the disbandment of the arm)-, in 1837, he locat- ed at La Grange, and found occupation as a survej-or. In 1839-40 he was engaged in various expeditions against the Indians, and in 1842 in resisting the Mexican frontier in- vasion. In May, 1846, as captain of an ex- cellent company, he went to join Gen. Tay- lor, on the Rio Grande, and took a gallant part in the three days' battle at Monterey,

resulting in its capture. He served until the end of the war, and from 1841 to 1861, with slight intermissions on account of ab- sence, was clerk of the supreme court of Texas. In 1861 he entered the Confederate service as colonel of a regiment recruited in .Arizona and New Mexico, and took part in all the battles and operations in Texas, until overwhelmed by superior forces and forced to another field. On January i, 1863, he won distinction in the recapture of the city of Galveston and the Harriet Lane, of the United States navy. Promoted to brigadier-general, he now saw service in Louisiana, and in the course of operations there, was further promoted to major-gen- eral. During a period of thirteen months he commanded in many se\ere engage- ments, ending with that of April 12, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, where he was mortally wounded, and died two days later. His biographer says, "No man in Texas came nearer enjoying the universal love of his c( mrades, and all who knew the nobility of his unselfish character." A county in Texas bears his name.

Harris, David Btdlock, born in Fredericks Hall, Louisa county, \'irginia, September 28, 1814; graduated from United States Military Academy, 1833, and made assistant professor of engineering at West Point. In 1835 resigned and became civil engineer on the James River and Kanawha Canal ; in 1861 was made captain of engineers of \'ir- ginia forces, and assigned to the staf^" of Gen. Beauregard, with whom he was asso- ciated until the end of the war. He con- structed the works at Island No. 10, in the Mississippi river, aided in fortifying Vicks- burg, and as colonel performed similar ser-