Wright, Horatio Governour or Gouverneur, March 6, 1820 born at Clinton, Conn. July 1, 1841 graduated from West Point (2/52) and appointed 2ndlt., Corps of Engineers; 1842 assistant professor of French at West Point; professor of engineering at West Point; Feb. 28, 1848 1stlt. in charge of the construction Fts. Taylor and Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Fla. and improvements in Florida; July 1, 1855 capt. April 20, 1861 captured during the abortive effort to destroy the Norfolk Navy Yard's dry dock; April 25, 1861 released; to 1861 assistant chief engineer at Washington, D. C. supervised the construction of Washington, D. C. defenses; chief engineer of Heintzelman's division at the battle of Bull Run, Va. chief engineer of the Port Royal expedition; Aug. 6, 1861 maj. Sept. 14, 1861 briggen., volunteers; Oct. 1, 1861-March 15, 1862 commanded the 3rd Brigade, South Carolina Expeditionary Corps; February 1862 expedition that captured Fernandina, Fla. April 1-July 1, 1862 commanded the 1st Division, Department of the South; at the capture of Hilton Head, S. C. June 1862 Secessionville, S. C. 1862 commanded the land forces in the Florida campaign; July 18, 1862 majgen., volunteers; July 29, 1862 relieved from command at Hilton Head, S. C. Aug. 23, 1862-March 25, 1863 commanded the Army and Department of the Ohio; Nov. 17, 1862-April 4, 1863 commanded the District of Western Kentucky or District of Louisville, Army and Department of the Ohio; March 24, 1863 majgen's. commission revoked and reverted to briggen. apparently because he was being relieved as a department commander; May 23-Dec. 16, 1863 commanded the 1st Division, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac; Gettysburg, Pa. Nov. 8, 1863 brevet ltcol., U. S. Army for Rappahannock Station, Va. April 23-May 9, 1864 commanded the 1st Division, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac; May 9-July 8, 1864 commanded the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac; May 12, 1864 wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., majgen., volunteers and brevet col., U. S. Army for Spottsylvania, Va. July 1864 defense of Washington, D. C. Aug. 6-Oct. 16, 1864 commanded the VI Corps, Army of the Shenandoah; Oct. 16-19, 1864 commanded the Army of the Shenandoah; Oct. 19, 1864 wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. Oct. 19-Dec. 6, 1864 commanded the VI Corps, Army of the Shenandoah; Dec. 6, 1864-Jan. 16, 1865 commanded the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac; Feb. 11-June 28, 1865 commanded the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac; March 13, 1865 brevet briggen, U. S. Army for Cold Harbor and brevet majgen., U. S. Army for Petersburg, Va. received the Thanks of Connecticut for his war service; Nov. 23, 1865 ltcol. 1865-1866 military governor of Texas; Sept. 1, 1866 mo of volunteers; on engineering boards; March 4, 1879 col. June 30, 1879 briggen. and chief of engineers; 1880 living in Washington, D. C. with William Lilley apparently as a boarder; 1884 completed the Washington Monument; March 6 or 22, 1884 retired; 1890 at 1203 N northwest District of Columbia; July 2, 1899 died at Washington, D. C. and buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Sources: Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903; The Union Army; Generals in Blue, Lives of the Union Commanders; The Civil War Dictionary; USMA: Register of Graduates & Former Cadets

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