Wright, James A.
Variant namesJames A. Wright was born in Illinois between 1838 and 1840. His father came to Red Wing, Minnesota in 1854 and purchased a claim there, but died on the way back to Illinois in the spring of 1854. On April 22, 1855, Amelia (Crews) Wright and her family arrived at the claim and began constructing a home that was destroyed by a storm which also killed the oldest son and youngest daughter.
Wright was attending Hamline University (Red Wing) when war was declared, and he and others from the University formed the Goodhue Volunteers, a corps later absorbed into the First Minnesota Regiment as Company F. They participated in battles in Maryland and Virginia, and at Gettysburg, where Wright was wounded. Wright was mustered out of Company F in April 1864 whereupon he reenlisted and, with others from Company F, was assigned to the First Minnesota Battalion, Company E. He mustered out of army service on July 11, 1865. See first folder in the collection for more details.
From the guide to the James A. Wright papers., 1907-1914., (Minnesota Historical Society)
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| referencedIn | Nation, papers, 1865-1893. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961, Papers, 1822, 1831, 1845, 1903-2007 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Sara Clarke Lippincott/Grace Greenwood Collection, 1887 | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| referencedIn | Letters and Sermons, 1902-1954. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| creatorOf | James A. Wright papers., 1907-1914. | Minnesota Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Records of the U.S. Coast Guard. | National Archives at College Park |
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| associatedWith | Colvill, William, 1830-1905 | person |
| associatedWith | Confederate States of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Gorman, Willis Arnold, 1816-1876 | person |
| associatedWith | Grondahl, Jens K., 1869-1941 | person |
| associatedWith | Hamline University. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 | person |
| associatedWith | McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 | person |
| correspondedWith | Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pickett, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1875 | person |
| associatedWith | Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 | person |
| correspondedWith | Sawyer, Frederick A. | person |
| correspondedWith | Sperry, Willard Learoyd, 1882-1954 | person |
| associatedWith | Sully, Alfred, 1821-1879 | person |
| associatedWith | United States. Army | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st, 1861-1864. Company F. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Army of the Potomac. | corporateBody |
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| Goodhue County (Minn.). | |||
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| Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 |
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| Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 |
| Draft riots |
| Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 |
| Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 |
| Peninsular Campaign, 1862 |
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