John Irvin Gregg
United States Army officer (1826–1892) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named John Gregg, see John Gregg (disambiguation).
John Irvin Gregg (July 19, 1826 – January 6, 1892) was a career U.S. Army officer. He fought in the Mexican–American War and during the American Civil War as a colonel and near the end of the war as a brevet general in the Union army. In 1866, he was nominated and confirmed as a brevet major general of volunteers and a brevet brigadier general in the Regular Army (United States), both to rank from March 13, 1865.
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John Irvin Gregg | |
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Nickname(s) | Long John |
Born | (1826-07-19)July 19, 1826 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania |
Died | January 6, 1892(1892-01-06) (aged 65) Washington, D.C. |
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | United States of America Union |
Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1846–1848, 1861–1879 |
Rank | Colonel Brevet Major General |
Commands held | 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment |
Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War Indian Wars |
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