Wright, William H.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Fairfield, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF Service: enl 9/9/61, m/i 9/16/61, 4SGT, Co. C, 5th VT INF, reen 12/15/63, pr 1SGT, comn 1LT 6/9/64 (7/11/64), pr CPT 11/10/64 (12/22/64), m/o 6/29/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/21/1835, Sheldon, VT Death: 11/20/1915 Burial: Sheldon Cemetery, Sheldon, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 39032295 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/3/1885; widow Sarah, 12/11/1915, VT Portrait?: Italo Collection, VHS Collections College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: No found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: None DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Grandfather of Elizabeth Wright Ross, Essex Jct., VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Inmates of the Soldiers' Home and other local Civil War veterans will be interested in the death of Capt. William H. Wright of Sheldon which occurred Saturday evening, aged 80 years. Capt. Wright enlisted in the Fifth regiment, Vt. Vols. September 15, 1861, and was mustered into the service of the United States September 16, as first sergeant of Company C. He was promoted to the captaincy of the company. He re-enlisted at the expiration of three years and was mustered out in Burlington, June 3, 1865, and he was in every engagement with one exception in the which the regiment participated during the war, including Gettysburg and the Wilderness. He was also with his regiment when it was sent to New York to assist in quelling the draft riots in 1863. Captain Wright passed only one week in the hospital during his entire service, the result of a slight wound from a bursting shell.
Source: Bennington Banner, November 24, 1915
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.