Wright, Horatio Gouverneur

Life Span
to
Full name
Horatio Gouverneur Wright
Place of Birth
Middlesex County, CT
Burial Place
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
2
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
3
Family
Edward Wright (father), Nancy Wright (mother), Louisa Marcella Bradford (wife) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Other
Other Education
Norwich Military Academy (VT)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
On the northern Florida coast, Union forces capture Fernandina and Fort Clinch on Amelia Island
- Union forces evacuate Jacksonville, Florida and the Confederacy reoccupies the town
In the Shenandoah Valley, Union forces triumph at the hard-fought Third Battle of Winchester
- In western Virginia, Union forces drive Confederates from entrenched positions at the Battle of Fisher's Hill
In the Shenandoah Valley, Union troops under Sheridan turn defeat into crushing victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek
At Sailor's Creek, the Army of Northern Virginia loses almost a quarter of its remaining strength
In Virginia, CSA corps commander General Richard S. Ewell is taken prisoner, along with four of his generals
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