John Irvin Gregg

John Irvin Gregg
Brig. Gen. John I. Gregg
Nickname(s)Long John
Born(1826-07-19)July 19, 1826
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 6, 1892(1892-01-06) (aged 65)
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Service / branchUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1846–1848, 1861–1879
Rank Colonel
Brevet Major General
Commands16th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment
Battles / warsMexican–American War
American Civil War
American Indian Wars

John Irvin Gregg (July 19, 1826 – January 6, 1892) was a career U.S. Army officer. He fought in the Mexican–American War and during the American Civil War as a colonel and near the end of the war as a brevet general in the Union army. In 1866, he was nominated and confirmed as a brevet major general of volunteers and a brevet brigadier general in the Regular Army (United States), both to rank from March 13, 1865.