Gregg, David McMurtrie

Life Span
to
Full name
David McMurtrie Gregg
Place of Birth
Huntingdon, PA
Burial Place
Reading, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Friends
Family
Matthew D. Gregg (father), Ellen McMurtrie Gregg (mother),  Ellen F. Sheaff (wife - 1862), Andrew Gregg Curtin (cousin)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Diplomat
Farmer or Planter
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Government
Grant Administration (1869-77)
Diplomat
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
- The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
Thousands of cavalrymen clash at Brandy Station, Virginia, in the largest cavalry battle of the war
- Battle of Gettysburg
William Miller of Cumberland County disobeys orders and wins the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg
Union cavalry capture Culpeper, Virginia after a sharp mounted action through the town
At Ream's Station in Virginia, Confederate units make a powerful effort to regain the control of the vital Weldon Railroad
- In fighting around Peeble's Farm, Union forces further tighten to ring around the key town of Petersburg
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