About Elias Wright
Lived 1830 – 1901 (aged 70). Elias Wright was a military officer.
Elias Wright (June 22, 1830 – January 2, 1901) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
Elias Wright was born at Durham, New York on June 22, 1830. He was a surveyor and civil engineer before the Civil War.
Wright resigned his commission on June 17, 1865. After the war, he was a civil engineer and land agent at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Elias Wright died at Atlantic City on January 2, 1901.
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Union Army general
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Elias Wright was born on 22 June 1830 in Durham.
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Elias Wright died on 2 January 1901.
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Elias Wright was a military officer.
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