Gray enlisted in the 1st Co. of the 1st VA Howitzers Light Artillery, the Richmond Howitzers, on September 9, 1862 as a private. He was wounded at Gettysburg, PA on July 3, 1863 and taken prisoner. Gray was sent to the POW camp at Fort McHenry in Baltimore and then to Fort Delaware, DE. He was exchanged on Nov. 1, 1864. He returned to his unit and was paroled on April 18, 1865 in Richmond, VA.
Gray became a tobacco dealer in Richmond after the war. He died October 5, 1923 and is buried in Richmond Va in Hollywood Cemetery.
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