Gregg, David McMurtrie, 1833-1916
Variant namesDavid McMurtrie Gregg, farmer, diplomat, and Union cavalry general during the Civil War. Born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on April 10, 1833. Graduated from West Point in 1855, and was assigned frontier duty for six years before the start of the Civil War. Led cavalry troops during the Battle of Antietam and the Peninsular and Gettysburg Campaigns. Married Ellen F. Sheaff in October 1862 during a furlough. Resigned from service in February 1865 and settled with his wife in Reading, Pennsylvania. Applied for reinstatement to the Army in 1868 but did not receive the commission he requested. Appointed U.S. Consul to Prague in 1874. Gregg died in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1916.
From the description of David McMurtrie Gregg papers, [ca. 1862]-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702173141
Army officer, U.S. consul at Prague, and public official in Pennsylvania.
From the description of Papers of David McMurtrie Gregg, 1716-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455227
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associatedWith | Buford, John, 1826-1863. | person |
associatedWith | Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876 | person |
associatedWith | Gable, Kenneth Jack. | person |
associatedWith | Gregg, Andrew | person |
associatedWith | Gregg, Andrew. | person |
associatedWith | Gregg, Andrew, 1755-1835. | person |
associatedWith | Gregg, Ellen Sheaff F. | person |
associatedWith | Hiester, Joseph, 1752-1832. | person |
associatedWith | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Lockwood, Philip Case, 1844-1897 | person |
associatedWith | Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872. | person |
associatedWith | Muhlenberg, Frederich Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801. | person |
associatedWith | Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801. | person |
associatedWith | Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787. | person |
associatedWith | Riggs, David F. | person |
associatedWith | Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937 | person |
associatedWith | Sellers, John R. | person |
associatedWith | Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760. | person |
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Birth 1833-04-10
Death 1916-08-07
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