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Rh war he commanded the Department of Oregon, from which he was transferred to command the Department of the Pacific with the rank of briga- dier-general of volunteers, 28 Sept., 1861. He served there until 1864, and was brevetted briga- dier-general, U. S. army, 19 Dec, 1864, " for long, faithful, and meritorious services." Gen. Wright was drowned, 30 July, 1865, on the wreck of the "Brother Jonathan " while on his way to assume command of the Department of the Columbia.

WRIGHT, George Frederick, geologist, b. in Whitehall, N. Y., 22 Jan., 1838. He was graduated at Oberlin in 1859, and at the theological seminary there in 1862, and during 1860 he was for five months a private in the 7th Ohio volunteers. In 1862 he entered on the pastorate of the Congrega- tional church in Bakersfield, Vt., where he was or- dained in September, 1863, and in 1872 was called to a similar charge in Andovei', Mass. He accept- ed the professorship of New Testament language and literature in 1881, which chair he still holds. Prof. Wright has devoted considerable attention to geology. In 1881 he was assistant geologist on the Pennsylvania survey, and since 1884 he has been connected with the division of glacial geology on the U. S. survey. He is a member of scientific societies, and in 1884 became an associate editor of the " Bibliotheca Sacra." His works include " The Logic of Christian Evidence " (Andover, 1880) ; il Studies in Science and Religion " (1882) ; " The Relation of Death to Probation " (Boston, 1882); "The Glacial Boundary in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky " (Cleveland, 1884) ; and " The Di- vine Authority of the Bible " (Boston, 1884).

WRIGHT, Heudrick Bradley, lawyer, b. in Plymouth, Luzerne co., Pa., 24 April, 1808; d. in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 2 Sept., 1881. He was educated at Dickinson college, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831, and began practice in Wilkesbarre. He was appointed district attorney for Luzerne county in 1834, and was elected to the legislature in 1841- '3, serving in the latter year as speaker. He was a member of all the national Democratic conventions between 1840 and 1860, and was the S residing officer in the one that nominated James I. Polk for president. Being elected to congress as a Democrat, he served from 5 Dec, 1853, till 3 March, 1855. He was elected again to fill the va- cancy caused by the death of George W. Scranton, serving from 4 July, 1861, till 3 March, 1863. and again from 1877 till 1881. He published " A Prac- tical Treatise on Labor" (New York, 1871), and " Historical Sketches of Plymouth, Luzerne Co., Pa." (Philadelphia, 1873). — His nephew, Harrison, lawyer, b. in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 15 July, 1850; d. there, 20 Feb., 1885, was educated in his native city and at Heidelberg, Germany, where he studied four years, receiving in 1871 the degrees of A. M. arid Ph. D. He returned home, studied law and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1874. He was chosen secretary of the Wyoming historical and geological society of Wilkesbarre in 1874, and devoted himself to lit- erary and scientific pursuits. Mr. Wright was a member of the Archaeological society of Rome, and other societies. He published various monographs on archaeological and scientific subjects. His last publications — " The Manuscripts of the Earl of Ashburnham, a Translation of the Report to the Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, by Leopold Delisle, of the National Library " (1884), and " Observations on the Very Ancient Manuscript of the Libri Collection, by Leopold Delisle " (1884), which he published and circulated widely in Amer- ica — were doubtless the means of preventing the sale of these treasures in this country and of re- storing them to the National library at Paris. He also edited the first volume of the " Proceedings " of the Wyoming historical and geological society.

WRIGHT, Henry Clarke, reformer, b. in Sha- ron, Litchfield co., Conn., 29 Aug., 1797; d. in Pawtucket, R. I., 16 Aug., 1870. For many years he was a noted lecturer on anti-slavery topics, and was an advocate of peace, socialism, and spiritual- ism, on all of which subjects his convictions were vehement, and were delivered with eloquence. At one time he was conspicuous among the band of anti-slavery orators that assembled annually in New York at the anniversary of the American anti-slavery society, and by its earnestness enlist- ed the sympathy of the people. He was the au- thor of " Man-Killing by Individuals and Nations Wrong " (Boston, 1841) ; "A Kiss for a Blow " (Lon- don, 1843 ; new ed., 1866) ; " Defensive War proved to be a Denial of Christianity " (1846) ; " Human Life Illustrated " (Boston, 1849) ; " Marriage and Parentage " (1854) ; and " The Living Present and the Dead Past " (1865).

WRIGHT, Horatio Governeur, soldier, b. in Clinton, Conn., 6 March, 1820. He was graduated second in his class at the U. S. military academy in 1841, served in the engineer corps, and in 1842-'4 as assistant professor, first of French and then of engineering, at West Point, and was pro- moted 1st lieu- tenant in 1848. After super- intending the buildingofforts and improve- ments in Flor- ida he became captain in 1855, and till the civil war was assistant to the chief engineer at Washington, also serving on several spe- cial ordnance boards. He de- clined a major's commission in the 13th infantry on 14 May, 1861, but, after constructing several of the defences of Washington, taking part in the battle of Bull Run as chief engineer of Heintzelman's division, and organizing the Port Royal expedition in the same capacity, he accepted that rank in the engineer corps in August, and on 14 Sept. became brigadier-general of volunteers. He took part in the capture of Hilton Head, S. C, in November, led the land forces in the Florida expedition, February-June, 1862, and on 18 July, 1862, became major-general of volunteers. He commanded the Department of the Ohio till 26 March, 1863, the District of Louisville, Ky., till April, and then led a division of the Army of the Potomac in the Pennsylvania and Rapidan campaigns, receiving the brevet of lieutenant-colonel for the capture of Rappahannock Station, where he temporarily commanded the 6th corps. After the death of Gen. John Sedgwick, 9 May, 1864, he succeeded to the command of that corps, and on 12 May was brevetted colonel for gallantry at Spottsylvania. While at Petersburg he was ordered to the defence of Washington during Gen. Jubal A. Early's invasion of Maryland, in the midsummer of 1864. Great anxiety was felt lest succor from the troops in front