David Gregg McIntosh

David Gregg McIntosh
David Gregg McIntosh
Born (1835-06-21)June 21, 1835
Society Hill, South Carolina
Died October 16, 1916(1916-10-16) (aged 81)
Towson, Maryland
Buried Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Allegiance  Confederate States of America
Service/branch  Confederate States Army
Years of service 1861–65 (CSA)
Rank Lieutenant Colonel (CSA)
Battles/wars American Civil War

David Gregg McIntosh (March 16, 1836 – October 16, 1916) was a Confederate artillery officer during the American Civil War from the state of South Carolina.

Biography

David McIntosh attended St. David’s Academy and graduated in 1855 from South Carolina College at Columbia. After graduation McIntosh studied law and was admitted to the bar. He practiced law and was a member of the local militia.

After South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860 and war broke out, McIntosh offered his services to the state. On July 29, 1861 he was appointed captain of Company D, 1st South Carolina Infantry, seeing action at the Battle of Vienna. His company was converted to the Pee Dee Light Artillery in 1862 and he saw action on the Peninsula Campaign, the Battle of Harpers Ferry, the Battle of Antietam, and the Battle of Fredericksburg.

On March 2, 1863, McIntosh was promoted to major and given command of an artillery battalion. He commanded his battalion at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and at the Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, and the Mine Run battles. McIntosh was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in February 1864 and commanded his battalion in the Overland Campaign, including the Battle of the Wilderness. He fought along the siege lines at the Siege of Petersburg and was slightly wounded at the Battle of the Crater. Shortly thereafter he was wounded at the Battle of Weldon Railroad.

McIntosh was present with the battalion at the Battle of Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865, a Confederate defeat. Knowing that the Confederate States' Army of Northern Virginia was about to surrender to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, McIntosh and several companions slipped through Union lines to join CSA Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's debilitated Army of Tennessee in North Carolina to continue the struggle. However, as that hard-pressed army was prepared to surrender to USA Gen. William T. Sherman, McIntosh then proceeded to join Confederate States President Jefferson Davis, to aid his flight from encroaching Union forces with the remnants of the Confederate government and records. McIntosh left to join CSA forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department, commanded by Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner and later General Edmund Kirby Smith. However, President Davis was captured at Irwinville, Ga., on May 10, 1865, and with the final surrender of all CSA armies in the field the war came to a close.

McIntosh was a brother-in-law to Confederate General John Pegram and his younger brother William J. Pegram. William Pegram was also a famous "gunner" in the Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia with McIntosh. McIntosh was married to Virginia Pegram.

When the War ended, McIntosh resumed the practice of law, this time in Towson, Maryland. Eventually McIntosh becoming the head of the Maryland state bar association.[1] His notable post-war accomplishments include authoring a pamphlet on the battle of Chancellorsville.

McIntosh lived into the 20th century, dying in Towson in 1916. He is buried in Richmond, Virginia, in Hollywood Cemetery.

Notes

  1. ↑ Sifakis, Who Was Who in the Confederacy

References

  • McIntosh, David Gregg (1915). The Campaign of Chancellorsville,. Richmond, VA: WM. Ellis Jones' Sons. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  • McIntosh, David Gregg (1910). Review of the Gettysburg Campaign. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  • Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXV, May 1917, "Last Colonel of Artillery, A.N.V."
  • "David Gregg McIntosh". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  • WikiTree Family Tree
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