Charles L. Green (1841-1922), was son of Commodore Charles Green (1813-1887). Having failed to obtain an appointment to West Point, Green joined a New York real estate firm. He left the firm in the spring of 1861 intending to join a New York volutneer regiment. His plans did not materialize, and his joined his father who had been appointed to the command of the sloop of war Jamestown as a clerk. In September 1861, began attending lectures in the University Medical College in New York. He graduated in the spring of 1864 and soon after entered the Navy as an Assistant Surgeon. In the spring of 1865, he was assigned to West Gulf Blockading Squadron. After the war Green served on the ironclad Miantonomoh that made an extensive and much publicized 15 moth tour of the European waters. He then served on the gunship Nipsic. In 1869, . In 1869, he was tried for insubordination having refused a commanding officer's demand to take a seaman off the sick list. Green's court-martial received broad public attention; the medical professional organizations voiced their support for Green's action. After his retirement from the Navy, Green lived in Providence, R.I., and then moved to California. He died in Pasadena in 1922.
From the description of Journal of Charles L. Green, 1865, May 23 -- 1869, (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 779746656
