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CDV of General Horatio G. Wright, Sixth Corps
commander after John Sedgwick was killed (see brief
biography below). Back marked John Goldin & Co.
Washington, DC. The mount has been trimmed top
and bottom (about 1/4 inch overall) but not into the
albumen. $195.00
Wright, Horatio G., major-general, was born at Clinton, Conn.,
March 6, 1820. He entered the U. S. military academy at West Point,
in which he was graduated second in the class of 1841 and was
appointed to the engineer corps. In 1842 he was made assistant
professor of French at West Point and later appointed professor of
engineering. In 1848 he was made first lieutenant and placed in
charge of the construction of forts and improvements in Florida. After
this service he was promoted captain in 1855 and served as assistant
chief engineer at Washington until the outbreak of the Civil war. He
superintended the construction of the defenses at Washington and
was chief engineer of Heintzelman's division at the battle of Bull Run,
also serving in the same capacity in the Port Royal expedition, which
he organized and in recognition of his services was appointed a major
of the engineer corps in Aug., 1861. He was promoted
brigadier-general of volunteers Sept. 14, 1861, was at the capture of
Hilton Head, S. C. commanded the land forces in the Florida
campaign of 1862, and was commissioned major-general of volunteers
July 18 of that year. In 1863 he was for a time in command of the
Department of the Ohio, and he held the same position in the District
of Louisville, Ky., until April, 1863, when he was given charge of a
division of the Army of the Potomac in the Pennsylvania and Rapidan
campaigns. For meritorious and gallant services and the capture of
Rappahannock Station while in temporary command of the 6th corps,
he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and succeeded to the command
of that corps upon the death of Gen. Sedgwick, May 9, 1864. He was
promoted colonel for gallant conduct at Spottsylvania. He was
ordered to the defense of Washington when it was thought Gen.
Early was about to attack the Federal capital; hastily collected his
troops and, in connection with a few regiments of the 19th corps,
lately arrived, he succeeded in forcing the withdrawal of Early. On
March 13, 1865, he received the brevet of brigadier-general, U. S. A.,
for gallant and meritorious services at Cold Harbor, and for his
conduct at Petersburg he was brevetted major-general, U. S. A. On
Nov. 23, 1865, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and acted on
different engineering boards, being promoted colonel March 4, 1879,
and on June 30 of the same year was made chief of engineers with the
rank of brigadier-general. Gen. Wright was retired from active
service March 22, 1884, and died July 2, 1899.
commander after John Sedgwick was killed (see brief
biography below). Back marked John Goldin & Co.
Washington, DC. The mount has been trimmed top
and bottom (about 1/4 inch overall) but not into the
albumen. $195.00
Wright, Horatio G., major-general, was born at Clinton, Conn.,
March 6, 1820. He entered the U. S. military academy at West Point,
in which he was graduated second in the class of 1841 and was
appointed to the engineer corps. In 1842 he was made assistant
professor of French at West Point and later appointed professor of
engineering. In 1848 he was made first lieutenant and placed in
charge of the construction of forts and improvements in Florida. After
this service he was promoted captain in 1855 and served as assistant
chief engineer at Washington until the outbreak of the Civil war. He
superintended the construction of the defenses at Washington and
was chief engineer of Heintzelman's division at the battle of Bull Run,
also serving in the same capacity in the Port Royal expedition, which
he organized and in recognition of his services was appointed a major
of the engineer corps in Aug., 1861. He was promoted
brigadier-general of volunteers Sept. 14, 1861, was at the capture of
Hilton Head, S. C. commanded the land forces in the Florida
campaign of 1862, and was commissioned major-general of volunteers
July 18 of that year. In 1863 he was for a time in command of the
Department of the Ohio, and he held the same position in the District
of Louisville, Ky., until April, 1863, when he was given charge of a
division of the Army of the Potomac in the Pennsylvania and Rapidan
campaigns. For meritorious and gallant services and the capture of
Rappahannock Station while in temporary command of the 6th corps,
he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and succeeded to the command
of that corps upon the death of Gen. Sedgwick, May 9, 1864. He was
promoted colonel for gallant conduct at Spottsylvania. He was
ordered to the defense of Washington when it was thought Gen.
Early was about to attack the Federal capital; hastily collected his
troops and, in connection with a few regiments of the 19th corps,
lately arrived, he succeeded in forcing the withdrawal of Early. On
March 13, 1865, he received the brevet of brigadier-general, U. S. A.,
for gallant and meritorious services at Cold Harbor, and for his
conduct at Petersburg he was brevetted major-general, U. S. A. On
Nov. 23, 1865, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and acted on
different engineering boards, being promoted colonel March 4, 1879,
and on June 30 of the same year was made chief of engineers with the
rank of brigadier-general. Gen. Wright was retired from active
service March 22, 1884, and died July 2, 1899.
