The Grave of Marcus J. Wright, CSA -- Arlington National Cemetery (VA) 2012 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Grave of Marcus J. Wright, CSA -- Arlington National Cemetery (VA) 2012 / Ron Cogswell
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| 説明 | Marcus J. Wright (1831–1922) was a lawyer, author, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was agent for collection of Confederate records for War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, a U.S. War Department publication.During the Civil War (1861-1865), Wright was the Confederate military governor of Columbus (KY) from February 1862 until its evacuation, and with his regiment was present at Belmont (MO) and Shiloh (TN), where he was wounded. He served on the staff of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham during General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky where he fought at the Battle of Perryville (KY) in October 1862.Wright was promoted to brigadier general in December 1862, and fought in the Tullahoma campaign at Chickamauga (GA) and Missionary Ridge (TN) in 1863. In 1863-64 he was in charge of the district of Atlanta (GA). After the evacuation of the city he commanded at Macon. At the end of the war, he commanded the District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee. He was paroled May 19, 1865, at Grenada (MS).After the Civil War, Wright returned to the practice of law at Memphis (TN). He became the editor of the Columbia TN) Journal, later moving to Washington (DC) to practice law.After 1878, Wright was agent of the United States War Department for collecting Confederate military records. He worked on this project until June 1917.Wright died in Washington in December 1922, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery next to the Confederate Memorial, one of only two former Confederate generals buried in Arlington (the other being Joseph Wheeler).www.civilwar.orgImage by Ron Cogswell on October 13, 2012, using a Nikon D80 and minor Photoshop effects.DSC_0020 |
| 撮影日 | 2012-10-13 15:24:33 |
| 撮影者 | Ron Cogswell , Arlington, Virginia, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Arlington, Virginia, United States 地図 |