Here is the story about a guy who really lost his head in a battle with the Yankees.
The April 13th Shreveport Times had an article about General Thomas Green who had a marker dedicated to his memory April 12th.
He died April 12, 1864, when a cannon shot tore his head off in a fight between this 2500 Confederate cavalry and Union gunboats as federal forces retreated after the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. This engagement is called the Battle of Blairs Landing, something I've never heard of before.
His body was taken to Austin for a state funeral.
This new marker replaced two earlier ones erected by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Order of the Confederate Rose and is located by the Lock and Dam #4 access road.
Hey, General, Duck!! Too Late. --Old B-Runner
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