President Abraham Lincoln Appoints a Territorial Pioneer as Officer in the Union Army
The appointee was a scion of an important military family and was wounded at Second Bull Run
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John Shaw Gregory was the grandson of Commodore John Shaw of the U.S. Navy, who served in the Revolution. His father served 56 years in the US Navy and retired with the rank of Rear Admiral in 1866, after serving in the War...
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John Shaw Gregory was the grandson of Commodore John Shaw of the U.S. Navy, who served in the Revolution. His father served 56 years in the US Navy and retired with the rank of Rear Admiral in 1866, after serving in the War of 1812, the War with Barbary Pirates, the Mexican War and the Civil War. The younger Gregory entered the U.S. Navy at the age of twelve, and rose to the rank of lieutenant. While in that branch of the service, he took part in the storming of Monterey in the Mexican War. He also led an expedition across the plains to California. During the Civil War Gregory served as Assistant Adjutant General and held the rank of major in the regular army. He was wounded at Second Bull Run in 1862.
Gregory had removed to South Dakota and served in the first territorial legislature in 1862. Then he was United States Indian agent for the Ponca Tribe. The city and county Gregory are named for him.
Document signed, as President, Washington, March 11, 1862, appointing him Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers with the rank of Captain “…to rank as such from September 28, 1861.” The document is countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
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