Richland County · Marker 40-25
Birthplace of General Maxcy Gregg
Senate St., between Sumter & Marion Sts., Columbia
Front inscription
Maxcy Gregg, Confederate general and leader in Southern rights movement, was born Aug. 1, 1815 in a house on this site. Member of committee which framed the Ordinance of Secession, Dec. 1860, Colonel 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteers; Brigadier General in 1861. Mortally wounded at Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862; died two days later.