Philander B. Wright
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Jump to navigationJump to searchPhilander (or "Philo") B. Wright was a 1st Sergeant in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted April 22, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C at Tafton, Wisconsin
- Marched into battle on July 21, 1861 to the right of Casper Gardent
- Shot in the foot, did not notice until the next day
- Corporal
- Sergeant
- 1st Sergeant
- Wounded at the Battle of Gainesville
- Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Discharged on May 25, 1864 for disability
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 356)
Other Sources
- Herdegan, IBiCWaM
- Grandad and the Civil War - William Lowry Morse, privately printed
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from an Unknown County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Tafton, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0356
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at (I) Bull Run
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at (I) Bull Run
- Wisconsin Wounded at Gainesville
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Gainesville
- Wisconsin Wounded at Gettysburg
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Gettysburg
