David G. McIntosh

David Gregg McIntosh (1836-1916)

David McIntosh was practicing law when the Civil War broke out in 1861. The only military experience he had was as a member of the local militia before the war, but after his native South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860, McIntosh offered his services to the state. On July 29, 1861 he was appointed captain of Company D, 1st South Carolina Infantry, seeing action at the Battle of Vienna. His company was converted to the Pee Dee Light Artillery in 1862 and he saw action on the Peninsula, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. He was promoted to major in March 1863 and given command of an artillery battalion which saw action at the Battle of Gettysburg.

McIntosh participated in the Bristoe and Mine Run Campaigns. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in February 1864 and commanded his battalion in the Overland Campaign. He fought along the siege lines at Petersburg and was slightly wounded at the Battle of the Crater. Shortly thereafter he was wounded at the Battle of Weldon Railroad. He was present with the battalion until just before Appomattox where he disappears from the record. After the war he returned to practicing law and settled in Towson, Maryland, eventually becoming the head of the Maryland state bar association.

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