Russell F. Wright Letter, 1864

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Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
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Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Russell F. Wright Letter, 1864, Ms2023-124, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Wright, Russell F., ca. 1836-1864
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract:
The Russell F. Wright Letter is from Wright to Euphermia O. Gillet on September 25th, 1864, during the American Civil War. The letter contains information about Confederate General Wade Hampton's Beefsteak Raid while Wright was with the 148th Regiment of the New York Infantry in the Union Army, at City Point, Virginia. Wright was killed in action at Fair Oaks, Virignia, on October 27, 1864.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Russell F. Wright Letter, 1864, Ms2023-124, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Russell F. Wright Letter is from Wright to Euphermia O. Gillet on September 25th, 1864, during the American Civil War. The letter contains information about Confederate General Wade Hampton's Beefsteak Raid while Wright was with the 148th Regiment of the New York Infantry in the Union Army, at City Point, Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

Russell F. (sometimes Russel) Wright was born in Lewis County, New York, and he worked as a wagon maker. During the American Civil War, He enlisted in 1862 at the age of 26 at Hopewell, New York as a Private in Company K of the 148th New York Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. He was promoted to Corporal on January 1, 1863, and was wounded on December 16, 1863, at Yorktown, Virginia. Wright was killed in action at Fair Oaks, Virignia, on October 27, 1864, at the age of 28.

External sources:

"Russel F Wright" in the New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/557278:1965, accessed October 30, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The Russell F. Wright Letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in February 2016.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Russell F. Wright Letter was completed in October 2023.