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Abraham B. Wright

17 Feb 1832 – 1 Nov 1862

Birth	17 Feb 1832
Death	1 Nov 1862
Cemetery	Old City Cemetery Lynchburg , City of Lynchburg , Virginia , USA
Added by	E.Hop on 08 Apr 2023
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65699401

Bio

Abraham B. Wright was the son of Abraham Wright and Anna Burtz. Abraham enlisted as a Confederate Soldier, 51 Georgia Infantry, Company E, First Sergeant. He died as a 1st Sgt, November 1, 1862, at the Odd Fellows Hall which was being used as a Confederate Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. It was located at 5th and Broad Streets. Orginally interred within the confederate section Old City (Methodist) Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia. His brother, Young Federick Wright had the body exhumed and shipped to Grantville, Georgia. Young paid the cost of $20.00. The Diuguid Records, 1861-1865 Biographical Sketches By Jerald H. Markham Pages 310 and 311 Wright, Abraham B., 1st Sgt. - 51st Georgia Inf., Compay E., d. 11/01/62 @ Odd Fellow's Hall. Coffin size was 75 in. in length by 18 in. in width. Orginally buried in lot #182 grave #1, row #3. Body was exhumed 11/22/62, prepared and shipped to Grantville, Georgia. The brother of the deceased, Young F. Wright paid, "for removal & packing brothers remains." The cost was $20.00, paid in full by cash. Enlisted as 1st Sgt. 3/04/62 (born in 1833). NOTE: Allen Crowder of Jordan's Battery, Virginia Light Art., was buried in that location 11/22/62.

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Parents

• Abraham Wright 1796–1858
• Anna Burtz Wright 1797–1854

Siblings

• PVT George Washington Wright 1820–1864
• Rachel Perry Wright Bartlett 1823–1891
• Deborah Wright Morgan 1825–1889
• COL Young Frederick Wright 1827–1898
• Manerva Ann Wright Jarrell 1829–1902
• 1SGT Abraham B. Wright 1832–1862
• Isaac Newton Wright 1834–1895
• Dr Jacob Bowman Wright 1836–1885

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