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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Lorenzo Dow Wright

(1845 - 1922)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

Age 16, he enlisted as Private, Company A, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 15 May 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He transferred to the 3rd Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters in May 1863 and was surrendered with them at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

After the War

He was a Methodist minister by the time of his death at age 76.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

06/08/1845; White Plains, GA

Death

01/04/1922; Ennis, TX; burial in Bristol Cemetery, Bristol, TX

Notes

1   Graham, Kurt D., Phillips Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion, first accessed 20 September 2012, <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html>, Source page: /InfCoA2.html  [AotW citation 21956]