Major General Horatio G. Wright

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation Union
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Civil_War_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1820-03-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Clinton,_New_York
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Horatio_Wright_Jr.
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:deathDate 1899-02-27
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major General Horatio G. Wright
gptkbp:influence Union_Army_strategy
gptkbp:knownFor Leadership_in_the_Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Corps_of_Engineers
Brigadier General
Captain
Colonel
First Lieutenant
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Second Lieutenant
gptkbp:nickname The Engineer General
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:VI_Corps
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:postWarCareer Civil engineer
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_Sedgwick
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Superintendent_of_the_United_States_Military_Academy
gptkb:Chief_Engineer_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Army_of_the_James
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Department_of_the_Arkansas
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Department_of_the_Columbia
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Department_of_the_East
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Department_of_the_Gulf
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Department_of_the_Missouri
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Department_of_the_Pacific
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Department_of_the_South
Chief_Engineer_of_the_Department_of_the_Tennessee
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:role Corps_commander
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1840-1883
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Wright
gptkbp:successor gptkb:George_S._Greene