The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-18
IN MEMORY 0FGEN WRIGHT.
tribute Paid Him by the National
Tribune of WashiDgton

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The National Tribune, that newspaper
welcomed by the veterans the country
over, has this to say Of the late Major
General Horatio G. Wright, one of the
most illustrious sons Of the old town of
Clinton in the state, who died recently,
the following being the most complete
the public prints:
Another one of the great corps COM
manders of the Army of the Potomac is
gone. Maior-General Horatlo Gouver-
neur Wright, who commanded the glo-
rious old Sixth corps through long pc
Rod of it's splendid service, died at his
home in Washington, duly 2. His death
was not unexpected. He had been in
very poor health for many years and
unable to come out even to the meet
ings of the survivors of his command,
who were dearer to him than anybody
else, outside of his own immediate fam
lily. For the last three months his con-
dition has been serious.
General Wright was born at Clinton
Conn, in March, 1920, and graduated
from West Point in 1871. second in a
class of fifty-two, of which Major-Gen-
eral Jealous B. Tower was the head,
and Generals A. w. Whipple, T. j.
] Rodman, A. p. Howe, Nathaniel Lyon,
! j. p Garesche, ]. B. Plummer, John M.
Brannan. Schuyler Hamilton, James
| Totem John r. Reynolds and the two
Garnetts, Don Carlos Buell., Alfred Sui
| ly, I. B. Richardson, William 7. H.
! Brooks and f. X. Kane, the Arctic ex-
| plorer, were members, Owing to his
| high rank In his class he was commits
| stoned in the engineers, and afterwards
| returned to West Point as an instruc-
| tor. He was an assistant to the chief of
| engineers at the outbreak of the rebel
| lion, and accompanied General Heint
zelman's division as chief engineer on
the Bull Run campaign. He then set
about organizing the Port Royal expe-
diton, and September IA, 1851, was
commissioned a brlgadier general Of
volunteers, and assigned to command
brigade in that successful movement.
After the capture of Port Royal he took
IBIS UIlSduS sOuLI, dHu Cdpluleu el-
nandina, Jacksonville, st. Augustine
and Forts Marion and Clinch. Return
ing to South Carolina he commanded a
division In the assault of Secessionvile
July IS, 1862, he was promoted to ma
jor-general of volunteers and assigned
to the command of the department of
Ohio, with headquarters at Cincinnati
He remained there till March, 1863,
when he was relieved by Benjamin
Burnside. In May he was assigned to
the command of division in the Sixth
corps, and during the rest of the war
he shared in the experiences of that
corps. He won decisive little victory
at the crossing of the Rappahannock,
November s. 1868, and was brevetted
lieutenant colonel in the regular army
After Mine Run he was temporarily
called to Washington to consider plans
for seaboard defenses, but returned to
his division In time for the opening of
the Wilderness campaign. He was Sc
verely wounded at Spottsylvana and
brevetted colonel. Upon the death of
the lamented Sedgwick, May 8, he sue
ceeded to the command of the Sixth
corps, and retained it till the close of
tiiC Noi. iiC was III lHC iIiItS dIounu
Petersburg when, in July, 1864, his
corps was hurried off to Washington to
defend the national capital against
Early. He commanded at the brilliant
little battle at Fort Stevens, which
President Lincoln witnessed, and where
General Wright had to exert the supe-
rior authority Of the general in the field
to make the president of the United
states get back under shelter. He fol-
lowed Early up and defeated him at
Smokers Gap. He commanded his
corps throughout all of Sheridan's brill
liant operations in the Shenandoah
valley, and was in command of the army
during Sheridan's temporary absence at
the opening of the battle of Cedar
Greek. He was wounded there, but re-
tanned command of his corps until the
END OF the battle. After the rebels were
cleaned out of the valley
General Wright led the Sixth corps back
through the rebel lines, when the smash
came, April 2, 1866, and with the caval-
ry he crushed Lees powers of resistance
at Sailors Creek.
lie was brevetted a brigadier-g !
In the regular army for gallant SER
vices at Cold Harbor, and a maior-eene-
raj for Petersburg. After the muster
out OF the Sixth corps in June 1866, he !
was at first assigned to the command Of |
provisional corps, and then to the de-
partment of Texas until September l,
1906, When he was mustered out of the
volunteer service, resuming his rank of
leutenant-colonel of engineers He be-
came chief OF engineers in 1879, and |
was retired March 6. 1884.
June IA, 1855, the legislature of Con-
necticut unanimously rendered him the '
thanks OF the people Of the state for his |
brilliant services beginning with the
command of the first brigade to set foot
On South Carolina.
This reduces the number of surviving
corps of commanders of the Army of
the Potomac to four-John G. Parke.
Carl Schurz and Franz Sigel.
James WHY'S Dixon in the Hartford
Times says:
The funeral of General Horatio G.
Wright, United States Army, took place
rom his residence, No 1908 N street.
D. c., Wednesday after
noon, July 8, at four o'clock.