Martin Witherspoon Gary
Born: March 25, 1831
Birth Place: Cokesbury, South Carolina
Father: Dr. Thomas Reeder Gary 1802 – 1852
(Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina)
Mother: Mary Ann Porter 1808 – 1881
(Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina)
Wife: Never Married
Education:
1850 – 1852: Attended South Carolina College (withdrew)
1854: Graduated from Harvard University
Occupation before War:
1855 – 1861: Attorney in Edgefield, South Carolina
1860 – 1861: South Carolina State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Infantry in the Hampton South Carolina Legion
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run
1862: Lt. Colonel of Hampton South Carolina Legion
1862 – 1864: Colonel of Hampton South Carolina Legion
1863 – 1864: Served with the Army of Tennessee
1864 – 1865: Served with the Army of Northern Virginia
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Cavalry
1865: Refused to Surrender with General Robert E. Lee
1865: Presidential Escort from Greensboro, North Carolina to Cokesbury, South Carolina
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Edgefield, South Carolina
Outspoken Critic of the Radical Reconstruction and Republican Party
1878 – 1881: South Carolina State Senator
Died: April 9, 1881
Place of Death: Edgefield, South Carolina
Cause of Death: Uremia
Age at time of Death: 52 years old
Burial Place: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina
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