John D. Wright

(1834 - )
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 108th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Service in Royal Artillery from 1852 - 56, in Crimean War (1854). He came to the US in 1857. He was in Company K.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He captured two men of the 14th North Carolina Infantry at Antietam.

The remainder of the War:
Promoted Sergeant at Fredericksburg in December 1862. WIA at Chancellorsville, VA in May 1863 in left hip and blinded in one eye by "a powder burn from a gun in the hands of a comrade who shot over my shoulder." Discharged 23 August 1863.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Washburn1.

Birth Date: 08/12/1834 Place of Birth: County Tyrone, IRELAND

Notes

1 Washburn, George H., A Complete Military History and Record of the 108th Regiment N.Y. Vols., Rochester (NY): Press of E.R. Andrews, 1894, pp. 325 - 333 [AotW citation 9027]

« Search for Another Participant