b. 13/03/1843 New York. d. 17/11/1893 New York.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 17/09/1862 Antietam, Maryland.
Greig was born in New York on March 13, 1843. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism shown at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, while serving as a Second Lieutenant with Company C, 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His Medal of Honor was issued on February 10, 1887.
Greig died at the age of 50 on November 17, 1893, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.
MOH CITATION:
A Confederate regiment, the 4th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.), having planted its battle flag slightly in advance of the regiment, this officer rushed forward and seized it, and, although shot through the neck, retained the flag and brought it within the Union lines.
BURIAL LOCATION: WOODLAWN CEMETERY, BRONX, NEW YORK.
LINDEN PLOT, SECTION 50, LOT 5392.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
