Monday, May 14, 2012

Amasa Palmer Wright, student 1859-1861

Wright enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 21st VA Infantry on June 20, 1861. He was wounded on August 9, 1862 at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, VA.  He was detailed as a hospital nurse, a teamster, and finally as a commissary sergeant for the 2nd brigade.

He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Shepherdstown, WV, but his fate after 1864 and the date of his death are unknown.

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