Russell F. Wright
Russell F. Wright was born around 1834 in Lewis County, New York. By the early 1860s, he was living in Manchester, New York, and working as a wagon maker.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 30, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company K of the 148th New York Infantry on September 14. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with light hair and grey eyes. He was promoted to corporal on January 1, 1863. He was wounded in the right side near Yorktown, Virginia, on December 16, 1863, but he eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment. He died in the Second Battle of Fair Oaks on October 27, 1864.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3746)Wright, Russell F.18341864-10-27
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 24

  • (10571) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 21 December 1862
  • (10572) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 23 November 1862
  • (10574) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 25 February 1863
  • (10575) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 18 October 1862
  • (10576) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 6 May 1863
  • (10577) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 14 January 1863
  • (10581) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 10 June 1863
  • (10584) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 6 July 1863
  • (10586) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 8 April 1863
  • (10587) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 4 August 1863
  • (10590) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright and Charles A. Gillett to Euphemia O. Gillett, 5 December 1863
  • (10591) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 28 January 1864
  • (10592) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 20 March 1864
  • (10593) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 6 April 1864
  • (10594) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 7 August 1864
  • (10595) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, undated
  • (10596) [recipient] ~ Euphemia O. Gillett to Russell F. Wright, 22 August 1864
  • (10597) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 28 August 1864
  • (10598) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 4 September 1864
  • (10599) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 11 September 1864
  • (10600) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 13 September 1864
  • (10601) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 18 September 1864
  • (10602) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 9 October 1864
  • (10603) [writer] ~ Russell F. Wright to Euphemia O. Gillett, 16 October 1864

People - Records: 1

  • (3746) Wright, Russell F. is the [friend of] (3744) Gillett, Euphemia O.

Places - Records: 2

  • (2786) [birth] ~ Lewis County, New York
  • (316) [death] ~ Fair Oaks, Fairfax County, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (425) [enlisted] [K] ~ 148th New York Infantry
SOURCES

New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Fold3.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com