Gregory Bald is a 10-acre grassy meadow, and is one of two balds maintained by the park. The Bald is named after Russell Gregory, an early homesteader in the Cades Cove area. He and other cove residents used the meadow to graze cattle during the spring and summer when cove fields were used for growing crops. Like most cove residents Gregory supported the Union during the Civil War, but he was ambushed and murdered by Confederate guerillas from North Carolina in 1863.