GRAY, Henry

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: January 19 1816, Laurens Dist. SC

Died: December 11 1892, Coushatta LA

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, politician

War Service: 1861 Pvt. in Mississippi state regiment, organized 28th Louisiana (at President Davis' request), May 1862 Col., Red River campaign, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, October 1864 elected to Confederate congress, March 1865 Brig. Gen. (over Kirby Smith's protests).

Post War: Politician.