David McMurtrie Gregg
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David McMurtrie Gregg was an American farmer, diplomat, and a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War.
General David McMurtrie Gregg
Union General David McMurtrie Gregg (seated with slouch hat and beard) and his staff
Gregg and others of the Cavalry Corps on the staff of Philip Sheridan 1864
Dedication of the Gregg Cavalry Shaft, East Cavalry Field, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1884.
Philip Sheridan
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Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Gen
David McMurtrie Gregg
…he interacted with two classmates who would become great cavalry generals—an opponent and a commander, respectively: J.E.B. Stuart, class of 1854, and Philip Sheridan, class of 1853. His first real assignment was in the New Mexico Territory, as a company commander in the 1st U.S. Dragoons. His unit was ordered to…
Sheridan in the 1860s
An engraving of Sheridan as a Brevet Second Lieutenant in the 1850s, by Henry Bryan Hall
Sheridan's horse Rienzi, stuffed and on display at the National Museum of American History
Union Army Cavalry General Philip Sheridan