Oliver Duff Greene

{{Short description|United States Army Medal of Honor recipient}}

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|name=Oliver Duff Greene

|birth_date= {{birth-date|January 25, 1833}}

|death_date= {{death-date and age|March 19, 1904|January 25, 1833}}

|birth_place= Scott, New York

|death_place= San Francisco, California

|placeofburial= San Francisco National Cemetery

|placeofburial_label= Place of burial

|image=Oliver Duff Greene.JPG

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|allegiance= United States of America

|branch= United States Army
Union Army

|serviceyears=1854 - 1897

|rank=35pxColonel
35px Brevet Brigadier General

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|unit= {{flagicon|United States|1861}} 2nd Artillery Regiment
{{flagicon|United States|1861}} VI Corps

{{flagicon|United States|1863}} Adjutant General's Department

|awards= {{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor

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Oliver Duff (or Davis) Greene (January 25, 1833 – March 19, 1904) was a Union officer who received the Medal of Honor on December 13, 1893, for his action at the Battle of Antietam on September 16, 1862.

Born in Scott, New York, Greene graduated from West Point in 1854, receiving his commission in the artillery.{{cite web|title=West Point Medal of Honor Recipients|publisher=Homeofheroes.com|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/e-books/mohS_westpoint/page_04.html|accessdate=2009-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716183121/http://www.homeofheroes.com/e-books/mohS_westpoint/page_04.html|archive-date=2012-07-16|url-status=dead}} A staff officer for most of his career, he served as Adjutant-General of VI Corps during the Maryland Campaign. A Major at war's end, he was brevetted to brigadier general in March 1865. He received promotions to lieutenant colonel in February 1887, to colonel in July 1892,Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8047-3641-3}}. and retired in January 1897.

Greene was a companion of the California Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.