GREGG, John

Affiliation:  Union

Born: September 28 1828, Lawrence Cty AL

Died: October 7 1864, Darbytown Road VA

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, judge

War Service: 1861 member of Provisional Confederate Congress, resigned, recruited 7th Texas, September 1861 Col., Fort Donelson (s), exchanged, August 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Gregg's Bde (under J E Johnston) in Vicksburg campaign, commanded Gregg's Bde/Johnson's Divn at Chickamauga (w), commanded Hood's Texas Bde/Field's Divn at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg

Post War: On October 7, 1864, Gregg was struck in the neck for a second time and killed along the New Market Road, near Richmond, Virginia.[4] He was shot while leading a counterattack at the Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads.