Thomas Wright

Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 42nd New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company G. He was captured at Ball's Bluff, VA on 21 October 1861, and released in February 1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He was later appointed 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant. Promoted to Captain of Company K in August 1863. Transferred to the 36th Regiment US Colored Troops (USCT) in February 1864.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of New York1. Thanks to Devan Sommerville for scrubbing through the Report and extracting and transcribing the roster data for AotW.

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 23 (for the year 1900) [AotW citation 8599]

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