GARY, Martin Witherspoon

Affiliation:  Union

Born: March 25 1831, Cokesbury SC

Died: April 9 1881, Edgefield Cty SC

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, politician

War Service: 1861 Capt. in Hampton Legion, First Manassas (commanded Legion), Lt. Col., May 1862 Col., Peninsula, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Chickamauga, Knoxville, May 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded a cavalry brigade in Hoke's Divn in Petersburg campaign, after Appomattox joined President Davis in his fligh

Post War: Lawyer, politician