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Source:             Barbara Bryant Neely Gneely@alltel.net
Name:               General Marcus J. Wright
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General Marcus J. Wright



Born in Purdy McNairy Co. TN

Marcus L. Wright was a Brig. General in the CSA by the age of 31 or 32.

After the war, he settled with his family in Memphis, and I found him there

with his wife and children, including Benjamin, age 4, in 1870.  Shortly

after, he was called by someone in Washington, D. C. to come to Washington

and do some writing about the Southern outlook on the war, people, and

battles.  This he did, and never left Washington.  He is one of two Civil

War CSA generals to be buried in Arlington Cemetery.  According to one

biography, Marcus was the son of a Benjamin Wright and Ann--, and I believe

was born in Purdy County.  





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Other sources of interest:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/wrightmarcus/summary.html

http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/mcnairy/bios/wright01.txt

http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/mcnairy/cemeteries/oldprdy.txt

http://www.rootsweb.com/~msmarsha/military/wright.html

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