Medal of Honor: Robert Wright, Civil War

Medal of Honor

WRIGHT, ROBERT

Rank and organization:

Private, Company G, 14th U.S. Infantry.

Place and date:

At Chapel House, Farm, Va., 1 October 1864.

Entered service at: Woodstock, Conn. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 25 November 1869.

Citation:

Gallantry in action.

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Robert Wright
b. 1830 d. 1885

He was a private in the Co G. 14th US Infantry when war broke out. He participated in 56 battles and in one engagement, suffered the loss of an eye.
On November 25, 1869 he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in the battle of Chapel House Farm, Virginia..

Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, New Jersey, USA