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Title	Horatio Gouverneur Wright
Description	Formal portrait of soldier who served in a New York state military unit during the Civil War. Photograph shows man sitting, half-length, in uniform, angled to show his left profile. Numbers on the front of some photographs refer to an index no longer extant. At one point, most of these photographs were tacked to the wall of the State Capital building in Albany, New York.
Creator	Brady
Subject.LCSH	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject.TGM	Cartes de visite Soldiers
Subject.Personal_Name	Wright, Horatio Gouverneur
Subject.Corporate_Name	United States. Army. 1st Battn Eng United States. Army. Volunteers General Staff (1861-1864)
NY Heritage Topic	Military People
Date of Original	1861-1865
Time Period	American Civil War; 1861-1865
Physical Format	Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Physical Description	Photograph; albumen; b&w; 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10 x 6 cm.)
Relation	Reference back of image at http://24.39.195.147/dbtw-wpd/images/photographs/PA.1999.0014.1380_back.jpg
Type	Still Image
Language	eng
Format of Digital	image/jpeg
Identifier	PA.1999.0014.1380
Holding Institution	New York State Military Museum
Contact Information	61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518-581-5100 http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/mil-hist.htm
Publisher of Digital	New York State Military Museum
Digital Collection	Civil War Carte de Visite Collection
Library Council	Capital District Library Council
Notes	Horatio Gouverneur Wright Residence was not listed; a 35 year-old US Army Officer. Enlisted on 7/1/1855 as a Captain. On 7/1/1855 he was commissioned into US Army 1st Battn Eng (date and method of discharge not given) (Prior service since 07/01/1841; subsequent service until retiring 03/06/1884) On 9/14/1861 he was commissioned into US Volunteers General Staff He was Mustered Out on 9/1/1866 Promotions: * Major 8/6/1861 * Brig-General 9/14/1861 * Major-Gen 7/18/1862 (Appt negated by US Senate) * Brig-General 3/24/1863 * Lt Colonel 11/8/1863 by Brevet (Rappahannock Station, VA) * Major-Gen 5/12/1864 * Colonel 5/12/1864 by Brevet (Spottsylvania, VA) * Brig-General 3/13/1865 by Brevet (Cold Harbor, VA) * Major-Gen 3/13/1865 by Brevet (Petersburg, VA) * Lt Colonel 11/23/1865 Other Information: born 3/6/1820 in Clinton, CT died 7/2/1899 in Washington, DC (Graduate USMA 07/01/1841) Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: - Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion - Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903 - The Union Army - Generals in Blue, Lives of the Union Commanders - The Civil War Dictionary - USMA: Register of Graduates & Former Cadets (c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com HORATIO GOUVERNEUR WRIGHT 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. Source: The Union Army, vol. 8
Rights	Items in the Civil War Carte de Visite Collection are in the public domain. Please credit the New York State Military Museum.
Technical Data	Scans were made using an Epson 1640 XL; archival TIFFS created in color at 600 dpi. JPEGs created with Adobe Photoshop at 300 dpi.
Transcript	On Front: '...Wright.' On reverse: 'Dupheati.'
File Name	PA.1999.0014.1380.jpg

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