Horatio Gouverneur Wright was an engineer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He took command of the VI Corps in May 1864 following the death of General John Sedgwick. In this capacity, he was responsible for building the fortifications around Washington DC, and in the Overland Campaign he commanded the first troops to break through the Confederate defenses at Petersburg. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the completion of the Washington Monument, and served as Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 25, 1862. Capt. Louis H. PELOUZE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General : CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding, that I left…
HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 25, 1862. Capt. Louis H. PELOUZE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General : CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding, that I…
HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 27, 1862. Lieut. Col. Louis BELL, . Saint Augustine : COLONEL: I have to acknowledge the receipt this evening of your two letters of the 26th…
Jacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN : I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has occurred at this place since the date of my last letter. Last…
Jacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: From intelligence received this evening from a deserter I learn that the enemy has an attack upon this place iu contemplation so soon as…
HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN : I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has occurred at this place since the date of my last letter.…
HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: From intelligence received this evening from a deserter I learn that the enemy has an attack upon this place in contemplation so soon…
Jacksonville, Fla., April 2, 1862. Commanding Provisional Forces of East Florida, Camp Langford, East Florida: COLONEL: After a careful consideration of the propositions presented in your communication of the 1st…
HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla. HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla., April 2, 1862. Capt. Louis H. PELOUZE, ee Asst. Adjt. Genl., Hdqrs. E. 0O., Hilton Head, 8. O.: APTAIN: Since the date of my…
HDQRS. THIRD BRIGADE, EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Jacksonville, Fla., April 2, 1862. Commanding Provisional Forces of East Florida, Camp Langford, East Florida: COLONEL: After a careful consideration of the propositions presented in…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, April 7, 1862. NOTIOE.] Jacksonville, Fla., April 7, 1862. In accordance with orders issued by the general commanding the Department of the South, the troops will be…
Jacksonville, Fla., April 8, 1862. Lieut. Col. Louis BELL . Comdg. Fourth N. H. Regiment, Saint Augustine, Fla.: COLONEL: The major-general commanding the department having directed the abandonment of Jacksonville…
Fernandina, Fla., April 10, 1862. Lieut. Col. H. BISBEE, Jr., Ninth Maine Regiment, Commanding Post, Fernandina, Fla.: COLONEL: Three companies of the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, now on board the…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, Fernandina, Fla., April 10, 1862. Lieut. Col. H. BISBEE, Jr., Ninth Maine Regiment, Commanding Post, Fernandina, Fla.: COLONEL: Three companies of the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, now…
April 13, 1862. Port Royal Harbor, 8. O., April 13, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding the Northern District, that, in…
HEADQUARTERS, STEAMER COSMOPOLITAN, April 13, 1862. Port Royal Harbor, 8. O., April 13, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding the Northern…
Louisville, Ky., November 1, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE: es Sai GENERAL: General Orders, No. 49, Headquarters Army of the Ohio, are modified in the following particulars: 1st. Recruits…
Louisville, Ky., November 1, 1862. GENERAL: General Orders, No. 49, Headquarters Army of the Ohio, are modified in the following particulars: 1st. Recruits from the rebel army who have delivered…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 1, 1862. Major-General WRIGHT, Cincinnati, Ohio : By direction of the Secretary of War, I yesterday telegraphed Governor Morton to send all Indiana troops to Columbus,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 1, 1862. Major-General WRIGHT, Cincinnati, Ohio : By direction of the Secretary of War, I yesterday telegraphed Governor Morton to send all Indiana troops to Columbus,…
HEADQUARTERS, Lexington, Ky., November 6, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Bowling Green : General Halleck directs that all troops in Kentucky that can be spared be sent down the…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, November 6, 1862. General Gilbert, with a brigade of infantry at Lebanon, will be ordered at once. Did you get my telegram of this morning from Lexington, Ky?…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7, 1862. General Boyle telegraphed yesterday that he has information of large train of rebel wagons entering Whitley County from Tennessee to forage on Oumberland…
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 10, 1862. His Excellency Gov. J. F. RoBINson, Frankfort, Ky.: Str: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st instant,* which…