GREGG, Maxcy

Confederate

Born: August 1 1814, Columbia SC

Died: December 15 1862, Fredericksburg VA

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, Mexican War, politician

War Service: January 1861 Col. of 1st South Carolina, Fort Sumter, December 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Gregg's Bde/A P Hill's Light Division at Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg (w), Fredericksburg (mw).

Post War: Gregg's brigade was caught by surprise, and in the confusion he was shot in the back, doctors pronounced the wound mortal, and Gregg died on December 15.