David Gregg McIntosh

David Gregg McIntosh
David Gregg McIntosh
Born	(1836-03-16)March 16, 1836 Society Hill, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	October 16, 1916(1916-10-16) (aged 80) Towson, Maryland, U.S.
Buried	Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service / branch	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861–1865 (CSA)
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel (CSA)
Battles / wars	American Civil War
Spouse(s)	Virginia Pegram
Children	David G. McIntosh Jr.

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.

David McIntosh was born on March 16, 1836, in Society Hill, South Carolina.^[1] He attended St. David's Academy and graduated in 1855 from South Carolina College at Columbia.^{[citation needed]} After graduation McIntosh studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1858.^[1] 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 moved to Towson, Maryland, and formed a law partnership with Arthur W. Machen and Richard S. Gittings in 1868.^[1] He was elected state's attorney of Baltimore County in 1876.^[1] McIntosh was elected as president of the Maryland state bar association in 1909.^[1][2] 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.

McIntosh was married to Virginia Pegram and 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 on a par with McIntosh.

His son, David G. McIntosh Jr. (1877-1940) was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1914-1918 and Maryland Senate, 1920-1933.^[3]

• 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."

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• "David Gregg McIntosh". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-13.