About John Gibson Wright
Lived 1837 – 1890 (aged 52–53). John Gibson Wright was a military officer.
John Gibson Wright ( – November 2, 1890) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
Wright was born in New York in about 1837. He was a builder before the Civil War.
Wright was captured at the Battle of Peebles' Farm, during the siege of Petersburg on September 30, 1864. He was exchanged in February 1865.
After the war, Wright was a road and railroad contractor in the New York City and St. Louis areas.
Gibson's wife predeceased him. His obituary notes that he had two sons in Scotland at the date of his death. Gibson died in New York City on November 2, 1890. He is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, New Jersey.
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