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John Breckinridge Grayson

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Born: October 18, 1806
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Birthplace: Cabell's Dale Plantation, Fayette County, Kentucky

Father: Alfred William Grayson 1780 – 1811
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)​

Mother: Letitia Breckinridge 1786 – 1831
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, New York)​

Step-Father: U.S. Secretary of War Peter Buell Porter

Wife: Caroline Searle 1812 – Unknown

Children:

John Breckinridge Grayson 1835 – 1897​
(Buried: Girod Street Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)​

Education:
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1826: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (22nd in class)​

Occupation before War:

1826: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery​
1826 – 1834: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery​
1834 – 1838: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery​
1838 – 1846: Captain Commissary of Subsistence for U.S. Army​
1846 – 1852: Captain United States Army, 2nd Artillery​
1852 – 1861: Major Commissary of Subsistence for U.S. Army​
1861: Resigned from United States Army on July 1st
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Civil War Career:

1861: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1861: Commander of East & Middle Florida Department​

Died: October 21, 1861

Place of Death: Tallahassee, Florida

Cause of Death: Pneumonia and Tuberculosis

Age at time of Death: 55 years old

Burial Place: Saint Louis Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
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Brigadier general of North Carolina State troops, He transferred to the C.S forces on Aug. 15, 1861 also as a brigadier. He was relieved by the War Department on Oct. 10, 1861 due to a lung ailment and passed away 11days later. In that time (Aug.-Oct.) Grayson was in command of Middle and Eastern Florida but never led troops in combat.
 
He engaged in a good deal of active service in the 2nd Seminole War. In December, 1835 his company, and another, was supposed to march from Fort Brooke at Tampa Bay, through the Seminole Nation to Fort King (Ocala) in company with Major Francis Dade's detachment. Grayson's troopship got lost in the bay, and landed too late to catch up with Dade's column, which had already proceeded. On Dec. 28, Dade and his two companies were ambushed and destroyed with only three survivors.

Grayson commanded his company through the subsequent 1836 Seminole campaigns of Generals Edmund P. Gaines, and Winfield Scott...
 
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