A. R. Wright

Confederate (CSA)

Brigadier General

Ambrose Ransom Wright

"Rans"

(1826 - 1872)

Home State: Georgia

Command Billet: Brigade Commander

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Wright's Brigade

Before Sharpsburg

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer. In May 1861 he was appointed Colonel of the 3rd Georgia regiment, and served in North Carolina and Georgia. In June 1862 he was appointed Brigadier General and commanded Wright's Brigade/Huger's Division at the Seven Days. He commanded Wright's Brigade/R. H. Anderson's Division at Second Manassas.

On the Campaign

Commanded Wright' Brigade in R. H. Anderson's Division of Longstreet's Command. He was wounded in the combat in the Sunken Road, and relieved in command of the Brigade by Col. Robert Jones of the 22nd Georgia.

The rest of the War

He continued in command of his Brigade at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. He led the Brigade in Mahone's Division at Petersburg, and in November 1864 was promoted to Major General and ordered to Georgia.

After the War

He was a lawyer newspaper publisher and was elected to the US Congress in 1872, but died before he could take his seat.

Birth

1826

Death

1872