John Gregg

Bust of John Gregg at the entrance to the Courthouse in Longview , Texas.

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

Career

John Gregg graduated from La Grange College in Alabama in 1847. Then he went to a legal position . In this regard, he moved to Fairfield , Texas , where he was elected District Judge in Freestone County in 1856 . Gregg returned to Alabama in 1858, where he married Mary Frances Garth, daughter of Jesse Winston Garth. Garth was one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Alabama and a unionist. After the wedding, John and Mary Gregg returned to Fairfield, where he again served as district judge.

In 1861 he took part as a delegate to the Texas Secession Convention and in the same year sat as a deputy in the Provisional Confederate Congress . When the civil war broke out, Gregg decided to fight for the newly founded Confederate States . He resigned from his Congressional seat and established the Seventh Texas Infantry Regiment . In September 1862 he was appointed Brigadier General. In the years that followed, he led the Seventh Texas Infantry Regiment, the Third, Tenth, 30th, 41st, 50th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, and the 1st Tennessee Battalion in many battles. Gregg fell on Charles City Road near Richmond, Virginia on October 7, 1864. His body was taken to Aberdeen , Mississippi , where he was then interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery .

aftermath

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

Web links

The Political Graveyard

personal data
SURNAME	Gregg, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer, politician, and officer in the Confederate Army
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lawrence County , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1864
Place of death	near Richmond , Virginia