Ambrose Ransom Wright
Born: April 26, 1826
Birth Place: Louisville, Georgia
Father: Captain William Ambrose Wright 1789 – 1850
Mother: Sarah Hammond 1796 – 1838
1st Wife: Mary Hubbell Savage 1826 – 1854
(Buried: Revolutionary War Cemetery, Louisville, Georgia)
2nd Wife: Caroline Cooper Hazelhurst 1840 – 1923
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Georgia)
Children:
Lt. William Ambrose Wright 1844 – 1929
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Ellen G. Wright Cohen 1848 – 1897
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Henry Gregory “Gregg” Wright 1850 – 1880
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Two Infant Daughters 1854 – 1854
Malvern Hill Wright 1862 – 1884
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Robert Hazelhurst Wright 1864 – 1939
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Education:
Read law under Herschel V. Johnson in Louisville, Georgia
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Louisville, Georgia
Unsuccessful Candidate for Georgia State Representative
Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative
1856: Millard Fillmore Presidential Elector
1860: Supporter of John Bell for President
Civil War Career:
1861: Confederate Commissioner to Maryland
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 3rd Georgia Infantry
1861 – 1862: Served in North Carolina
1862: Participated in the Battle of South Mills
1862: Participated in the Battle of Seven Pines
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862 – 1864: Participated in all campaigns of Army of Northern Virginia
1864 – 1865: Temporary Major General in command of Georgia
Occupation after War:
Georgia State Senator
Practiced law in Augusta, Georgia
Owner of Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel Newspaper
1871: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senator
Elected as United States Representative but died before taking office
Died: December 21, 1872
Place of Death: Augusta, Georgia
Cause of Death: Brain Inflammation
Age at time of Death: 46 years old
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia
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