John Gregg (CSA)

John Gregg ( born September 28, 1828 in Lawrence County, Alabama; † October 7, 1864 near Richmond, Virginia) was an American lawyer, advocates of slavery, politician and officer in the Confederate Army.

Career

John Gregg graduated in 1847 at La Grange College in Alabama. Then he went to a legal activity. In this context, he moved to Fairfield, Texas, where he was elected in 1856 to the district judge in Freestone County. Gregg returned back to Alabama in 1858, where he married Mary Frances Garth, the daughter of Jesse Winston Garth. Garth was one of the richest plantation owners in Alabama and a Unionist. After the wedding, John and Mary Gregg returned to Fairfield, where he worked as a district judge again.

In 1861 he participated as a delegate to the Secession Convention of Texas, and sat in the same year as a deputy in the Provisional Konföderiertenkongress. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Gregg decided to fight for the newly established Confederacy. He resigned his Congress seat and placed the seventh infantry regiment of Texas at. In September 1862, he was appointed brigadier general. In the following years he led the seventh infantry regiment of Texas, the third, tenth, 30th, 41st, 50th Infantry Regiment of Tennessee, and the first battalion of Tennessee in many battles. Gregg began on October 7, 1864 on the Charles City Road near Richmond, Virginia. His body was brought to Aberdeen, Mississippi, where he was then buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Honors

The Gregg County, Texas was named after him in honor.