James Wright
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/19/1863 at Irvine, KY as a Private.
On 10/5/1863 he mustered into "C" Co. KY 47th Infantry
He was transferred out on 10/25/1864
On 10/25/1864 he transferred into KY 4th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
47th KY Infantry( 1-year )
Organized: Irvine, KY on 10/5/63
Mustered Out: 4/12/65 at Lexington, KY
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0
Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 4
Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 68
(Source: Fox, Regimental Losses)
Forty-seventh Infantry (mounted) KENTUCKY (1-YEAR)
Forty-seventh Infantry (mounted). -- Col., Andrew H. Clark;
Lieut.Col., Alfred C. Wilson, Maj., Thomas H. Barnes.
This regiment was raised under the act of Congress authorizing
the governor of Kentucky to organize not exceeding 20,000
troops for the defense of the state. The greater portion of
the men were mustered into service at Irvine Ky., Oct. 5,
1863; the others at Camp Nelson in Dec. 1863, and Jan. 1864.
In all the movements occasioned by the invasion of Kentucky by
Gen. John Morgan, in June, 1864, the regiment, under Col.
Clark bore an active part.
On Dec. 26, 1864, Cos. A, B. C, D, E, F. G and H were mustered
out at Lexington. Cos. I and K were mustered out April 12,
1865. The veterans were transferred to Battery E and the 4th
Ky. veteran infantry.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 342
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James H. Wright
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 10/26/1864 at Louisville, KY as a Private.
On 10/27/1864 he mustered into "K" Co. KY 4th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/17/1865 at Macon, GA
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
Fourth Infantry
KENTUCKY
(3-YEARS)
Fourth Infantry. -- Cols., Speed S. Fry, John T. Croxton,
Robert M. Kelly; Lieut.-Cols., P. Burgess Hunt, Josephus H.
Tompkins; Maj., Joshua W. Jacobs.
This regiment was one of the three which President Lincoln
authorized Lieut. William Nelson of the navy, a native of
Mason county, Ky., to raise in Kentucky in the early summer of
1861. The day after the August election, Col. Fry with a
detachment from Danville, the nucleus of what became Co. A,
opened Camp Dick Robinson.
The next day organized companies and parts of companies for
the 4th and three other regiments began to pour in and within
a few weeks enough men to fill the four regiments had
assembled. The first active service performed by any portion
of the regiment was when a detachment of several companies,
with a similar detachment from the 3d, was sent to
Nicholasville to escort a wagon train loaded with muskets and
ammunition from Nicholasville to the camp.
In the latter part of October the regiment moved to Crab
Orchard and became a part of the 2nd brigade, 1st division,
Army of the Ohio. Its first participation in actual
hostilities was at the battle of Mill Springs, Ky. in which
action the regiment lost 1 officer (Lieut. J. M. Hall, Co. B.)
and 8 men killed and 52 wounded, which was a pretty heavy
percentage in a regiment depleted by sickness and detachments
to less than 400 for duty.
From Mill Springs the regiment marched by Coffey's Mill,
Danville, Lebanon and Bardstown to Louisville and there
embarked on boats for Nashville, where it arrived March 4,
1862. It took part in the advance on Corinth, frequently
skirmishing and sometimes sustaining loss.
After the evacuation of Corinth it pursued the enemy as far as
Booneville, Miss., and then returning to Corinth marched via,
Iuka to Tuscumbia. After a stay of some weeks at the latter
place it moved with the command on July 24, via Florence,
Lawrenceburg, Pulaski, Fayetteville, Lynchburg and Winchester
to Decherd. Leaving the latter place for Nashville, it
marched from there with Buell's army to Louisville.
After the battle of Perryville, where the regiment was present
though not engaged, it moved with the command via Danville to
Crab Orchard, thence via Greensburg and Glasgow to Gallatin
Tenn., thence to Castalian Springs, half way between Gallatin
and Hartsville, and from there to Elizabethtown.
It was joined at Munfordville by the 12th Ky. cavalry and 13th
Ky. infantry and had a fight with Morgan's rear at Rolling
Fork; moved thence to Lebanon Junction and thence to
Nashville. The regiment took part in the Tullahoma campaign
and was in action at Hoover's Gap, Concord Church and near
Tullahoma, but with slight loss.
It went into action at the battle of Chickamauga with 19
officers and 360 men and lost 13 officers wounded, and 160
enlisted men killed and wounded. It took part in the action
of Missionary Ridge, ascending the hill on the extreme left of
the Army of the Cumberland, but lost only 12 in killed and
wounded.
Early in Jan., 1864, the regiment reenlisted, and on the 19th
returned to Kentucky on veteran furlough. Having received
orders to be mounted, the regiment on May 16 again marched to
the front, with 25 officers and about 550 well mounted men,
armed, except Cos. A and K, which had Spencer carbines, with
the Ballard breech loading rifle, which proved a failure in
the first engagement.
The regiment marched by way of Nashville to Chattanooga,
arriving early in June, and leaving Chattanooga it camped
about 10 miles from Lafayette, Ga. It participated in the
fight at the latter place, losing only a few men wounded. The
regiment was detained in Villanow valley and at Snake Creek
Gap for some weeks to protect the railroad, and had several
slight skirmishes with, raiding parties.
It then joined the army advancing on Atlanta and had a sharp
skirmish, with slight loss, at Mason's Church. It was
attached to the 1st brigade, 1st cavalry division, and Col.
Croxton was assigned: to command the brigade consisting of the
1st East Tenn., 8th Ia. and 4th Ky. mounted infantry, Gen. Ed.
McCook commanding the division.
The regiment suffered severely near Lovejoy's Station, where,
after marching all night, at daylight, while holding the rear,
it was attacked by overwhelming forces and Lieut.-Col. Kelly
and nearly half the regiment were captured. The remainder
broke through and caught up with the rest of the brigade near
Newnan, where another sharp action occurred and the command
was driven.
After reaching camp, Croxton with his brigade was ordered to
Tennessee, where the regiment participated in the campaign
against Forrest, having a sharp skirmish with loss, at
Pulaski, being then commanded by Maj. Tompkins.
When Hood crossed the Tennessee, it was in a sharp fight at
Shoal creek, where it held a position enabling the command and
artillery to fall back safely. The regiment moved with the
cavalry in the battle before Nashville, took part in the
pursuit of Hood and went into winter quarters at Waterloo,
Ala.
In the spring of 1865 the regiment captured the ferry over the
Coosa River, had a skirmish in approaching Tallapoosa, Ala.,
and helped in the capture of the conscript camp at Blue
Mountain, one of the last fights of the war.
It removed to Macon, GA, and after some marching in pursuit of
the fugitive president of the Confederacy, remained in camp at
that place till Aug. 17, when it was mustered out and ordered
to Louisville for final discharge.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 320
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James H. Wright, Private, Company C, 47th Kentucky Infantry, U. S. A.
Reference Card: Cards withdrawn and filed in envelope of Right, James
where they properly belong
James Right, age 18, Private, Company C, 47th Regiment Kentucky Infantry, enlisted August 19, 1863 at Irvine Kentucky for one year, absent without leave March 29, 1864, still recorded AWOL on the July & August, 1864 muster roll, mustered out by reason of re-enlistment September 14, 1864, transferred to 4th Kentucky Volunteers October 25, 1864
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James H. Wright, Private, 4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry, enlisted September 24, 1864 at Lexington, Kentucky for 3 years, signed his enlistment certificate with an 'X', "his mark", age 18, born in Estill County, Ky., occupation - Soldier, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, 5' 8", mustered in October 26, 1864 at Louis, Ky., assigned to Company K, December 4, 1864 on Willson Raid, mustered out August 17, 1865 at Macon, Georgia
M397: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky