The log cabin Democrat., 1920-04-29
CHANGED ARMY AND
 NAMEDUR|NCWAR
RECORD OF W. R. GRAY
Death in Maryland Recalls Interesting Career of Former Faulkner
 County Man.

How William R. Gray, known for 25 years as citizen of Faulkner as William R. Green, father of Robert L.
 Green of Cadron Gap, changed his allegiance from the Confederacy to the federal government during the civil war and at the same time he changed his name from Gray to Green is recounted in an interesting sketch
 recently published in the Hagerston
 (Md0 Daily Mail, following the death
 of MT. Gray in that city. Mir Gray came to Faulkner county in 1875 and
 lived here until 1901, when he re- moved to Maryland. He was always known here by the name of Green,
 which name his son, prominent cit izen living north of Conway, still bears The sketch referred to follows:
 William R. Gray, we'll known vet eran of the civil war, died at his home on North Jonathon street, near Washington street on Wednesday morning at o'clock, of dropsy and
 heart trouble, aged 79 years. Mr
 Gray was a member of the Reno Post G. A. K. this city, and one of that or ganization spoke very highly of his deceased comrade. He was a man possessed of remarkable record as a soldier and had a wonderful mem ory He enlisted at Harper's Fer ry, w. Va, in the First Maryland tConfederate) regiment in the spring of '61 and served with that regiment until after the battle of Bull Run, in which engagement he participated. It IS said of him that after the battle of Bull Run he thought that he was on the wrong side, and, acting in ac- cordance with his convictions, left the Confederate army and joined the Umon army, associating himself with the Eighth Tennessee cavalry, with which he had great record passing through the entire war without be- ing wounded. He was at the battle of Chattanooga and other important en- gagements in the southwest. His captain is still living at Knoxville, Tenn, and when Mir. Gray attended the encampment at Knoxville in 1913, the captain affectionately embraced MT. Gray, saying that he had saved his life, the incident referred to be- ing that MT. Gray had carried the cap- tain off the battlefield at Chattanooga, seriously wounded At the battle of Chattanooga MT. Gray served under General Thomas. He would relate stories of his army life in the south to his comrades here which they could scarcely believe possible, but when MT. Gray and other members of Reno Post attended the encampment atl Chattanooga, comrades in the south verified Mr. Gray's stories to the let ter. MT. Gray had lived near Little Rock, Ark, after the war, taking upl squatters' land and living there until some years ago when he came here and resided with his brother, Peter Gray, until he died, after his death still continuing to live at the same house. He was i'll seven weeks.
 "When he joined the Union army he changed his name to William R. Green for and he ever been captured by the Confederate army under the name of Gray the firing squad would have been his fate. His son, living near Little Rock, still goes by the name of Green. His daughter, Mrs. Mary Harget, also from near Little Rock, who had been with her father for some weeks dur ing his illness and was with him when he passed away, also survives"