
Archibald MacGregor (1858-1899) was a sheriff's deputy from Rhodes, Louisiana who served as Sheriff Leigh Gray's right-hand man during the late 19th century. He was killed by the outlaw Arthur Morgan at the Battle of Rhodes in 1899.
Biography[]
Archibald MacGregor was born in Rhodes, Allen Parish, Louisiana in 1858, the nephew of town sheriff and preacher Reginald MacGregor. He came from a large family which worked for the Gray family of Caliga Hall for years, and he became a sheriff's deputy under Sheriff Leigh Gray. In 1899, he befriended the outlaw Arthur Morgan (who was going by the pseudonym "Arthur Callahan") after they worked together to capture the fugitive outlaw Anders Anderson and to shut down one of the Braithwaite family's moonshine stills in Bayou Nwa, sharing family stories with Morgan. However, he and Sheriff Gray felt betrayed when they learned of Morgan's involvement in the burning of Caliga Hall's tobacco fields and the shooting of several Grays, and they planned an ambush of Morgan and his fellow Van der Linde Gang members in Rhodes while pretending that they were to be hired for a security job. The Grays succeeded in killing Sean MacGuire and capturing Bill Williamson before holing up in the sheriff's office, but Morgan and Micah Bell taunted Gray and MacGregor to come out and face them. When they did emerge, Gray held Williamson at gunpoint as a human shield. After a brief standoff, Morgan quick-drew his pistol and shot all four lawmen - including Gray and MacGregor - in their heads in rapid succession, killing all of them.