Maxcy Gregg

(1814 - 1862)
Home State: South Carolina
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Gregg's Brigade

Before the Antietam Campaign:
One of the Confedracy's most intelligent and cultured men, Gregg's diverse knowledge and interests included philosophy, Greek drama, astronomy, botany, and ornithology. After passing the bar, Gregg practiced law with his father in Columbia for many years except for the short time he served in the Mexican War. The prominent and influential bachelor was an avid secessionist and a member of South Carolina's secession convention.

When his state withdrew from for Union, Gregg was instrumental in organizing the 1st South Carolina Volunteers. The regiment, under Colonel Gregg, included 27 physicians, 30 lawyers, and many prominent businessmen.

Commissioned brigadier general on December 14, 1861, Gregg led the leading brigade of Gen. Ambrose P. Hill's Light Division.
(text from civilwaronline.com).

In the Antietam Campaign:
The fine AP Hill site says "He was wounded in the same burst of fire that killed General Branch at Sharpsburg; bruised in the thigh by the bullet; the next morning at breakfast he discovered the ball when he opened his handkerchief!"

The remainder of the War:
Gen Gregg was mortally wounded at Fredericksburg, VA, (12/13) dying 15 December, 1862.

Birth Date: 8/1/1814    Place of Birth: Columbia, SC
College: South Carolina College
Death Date: 12/14/1862    Death Place: Fredericksburg, VA    Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC

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