Captured at the Gosport Navy Yard, Va. in 1861

Saw action at Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg and many other fields of battle!

Commanded the 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac

Signature With Rank

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(1820-99) Born in Clinton, Connecticut, he graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1841, and was assigned to the elite Engineer Corps. His pre war army service included the construction of Forts Taylor and Jefferson in Florida. His first Civil War action took place in the Federal evacuation and destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard, (later named the Norfolk Navy Yard) on April 20, 1861, in order to prevent its exploitation by Confederate forces. He was captured during this action. He later fought at 1st Bull Run, the Port Royal expedition, Secessionville, Gettysburg, the Mine Run campaign, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, General Sheridan's 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, Sayler's Creek, and the Appomattox campaign. During the Reconstruction period, Wright commanded the Army of Texas, from July 1865, to August 1866. He was involved in a number of engineering projects including the Brooklyn Bridge and the completion of the Washington Monument. Named Chief of Engineers in June 1879, he retired on March 6, 1884, and lived in Washington, D.C., until his death in 1899. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, under an obelisk erected by veterans of the VI Corps, facing the Washington Monument that he helped to complete.

Signature With Rank: 3 1/2 x 1 3/4, in ink, H.G. Wright, Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Genl., U.S. Army. Mounting traces on the reverse. Excellent, bold and neatly written signature. Very desirable!