Wright, Samuel A.

Samuel A. Wright, a laborer, grew up in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and worked several decades at the local C. V. Hose Company. He attended the Richard Baker A.M.E. Church and was among the first African Americans to join the Masonic Lodge. In August 1864, Wright went to Carlisle, Pennsylvania and enlisted in Company E of the 127th United States Colored Troops Regiment. He served until his regiment was mustered out on August 29, 1865. His wife, Lucy, died on November 18, 1915. (By Don Sailer)
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    Full name
    Samuel A. Wright
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    Black
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Siblings
    17
    Family
    Lucy Wright (wife)
    Occupation
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Laborer
    Relation to Slavery
    Free black
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Methodist
    Other Affiliations
    Masons
    Military
    Union Army
    How to Cite This Page: "Wright, Samuel A.," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/32495.