LT John T. Greble: First of Thousands to Die

BBB:LHWS #037   John Trout Greble...

...had descended from colonial pioneers on both sides of his family. He graduated with honors from Central High School and chose a career in the military.  He taught ethics the Military Academy and married the chaplain’s daughter.  He was KIA at the Battle of Big Bethel in Southern Virginia in June 1861 – the first West Point graduate to fall in the American Civil War.