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.
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 25, 1862. Col. J. Dixs, JR., Oommanding Thirty-ninth Kentucky Volunteers, Oamp Finnell, near Piketon, Pike County, Kentucky : CoLONEL: Your letter of the 17th instant was received…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, November 25, 1862. Brig. Gen. G. W. CULLUM, Ohief of Staff, &c., Hdqrs. of the Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, November 25, 1862. Col. J. Dixs, J. R., Oommanding Thirty-ninth Kentucky Volunteers, Oamp Finnell, near Piketon, Pike County, Kentucky : CoLONEL: Your letter of the 17th…
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 26, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Commanding, &c., Louisville, Ky.: GENERAL: The letter of Col. John W. Foster, commanding at Henderson, Ky., reporting the arrest in…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, November 26, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Commanding, &c., Louisville, Ky.: GENERAL: The letter of Col. John W. Foster, commanding at Henderson, Ky., reporting the…
LEXINGTON LEXINGTON, November 30, 1862. General ROSECRANS: A reliable scout, just in from Cumberland Gap, says there are there one regiment of Mississippi infantry (mostly sick) and part of battalion…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE O8IO, Frankfort, Ky., December 2, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Your telegram in regard to Granger received. I am hard run for men, but think…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, December 7, 1862. COLONEL: Your letter of the 25th instant [ultimo], which was received during my absence, came duly to hand. : As your force is strong enough…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, December 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief, Washington, D. O.: I have no cavalry to spare. There is a Tennessee regiment for General Rosecrans…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, Fort Stevens, July 11, 1864. The head of my column has nearly reached the front, and at the suggestion of Major-General McCook I have directed them…
HEADQUARTERS SIxTtH ARMY Corrs HEADQUARTERS SIxTtH ARMY Corrs, July 12, 1864. Lieut. Col. J. H. TAYLor, Chief of Staff, &c., Department of Washington : I have the honor to transmit…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AND NINETEENTH CORPS, Near Leesburg, Va., July 21, 1864. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that shortly after writing my dispatch of the 17th instant from Clark’s…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865. Colonel RUGGLES: I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has transpired on the lines of this corps…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865—10.20 p. m. Brevet Major-General WEBB: Deserters from Scales’ brigade report a rumor in their camp to-day that Raleigh is in…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 20, 1865. March 20, 1865. (Received 11.55 p. m.) Major-General WEBB, Headquarters Army of the Potomac: Deserters from MacRae’s brigade report that Johnuson’s and Heth’s…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. Col. GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has transpired on…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865. (Received 10.35 a. m.) Col. G. D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General: I have the honor to report that nothing of impurtance…