The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . HORATIO G. WRIGHT. Born in Clinton. Conn., ATarch, 182(1. Graduate at Military Acidemy, ill the corps of engineer-, S41 Incharge of construction of Fort Jeflers n, and superin-tended that of Fort Taylor. lsl6-o6. Commaudertexpedition that destroyed the Norfolk Navy Yard. and began work on Fort Ellsworth coverin-Alexandria. Brig-Geu., Sept. 14, 18B1. Organized thePort Royal expedition. , July, 1S6J Suc-ceeded to the command of the 6th Corps, May si, 1863Brevetted
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . HORATIO G. WRIGHT. Born in Clinton. Conn., ATarch, 182(1. Graduate at Military Acidemy, ill the corps of engineer-, S41 Incharge of construction of Fort Jeflers n, and superin-tended that of Fort Taylor. lsl6-o6. Commaudertexpedition that destroyed the Norfolk Navy Yard. and began work on Fort Ellsworth coverin-Alexandria. Brig-Geu., Sept. 14, 18B1. Organized thePort Royal expedition. , July, 1S6J Suc-ceeded to the command of the 6th Corps, May si, 1863Brevetted Col. U. S. A., for services at Spottsylvania ; at Clear Harbor, and for the cap-ture of Petersburg. Chief of Eugineers, June 30, 187!). GASS:US M. CLAY. Bom in Madison Co., Oct. 19. 1810. Graduate atYale College, mm. Elected Member of Legislature, 18;te,40. Started a newspaper in Lexington, Kv., June,1845, and for advocating the enianoipalion of slaves inthe State, he was frequenllv and had his mate-rial deslroyed. Viilnuteered for the Mexican War, 1W6,and was taken prisoner, Jan., 1847. Advocated the elec-tion of Gen. Taylor to the Presidency, 1848. Ran foeGovernor of Kentucky on an anti-slavery platform, \dvocated the election of Abraham Lincoln, 1860. Min-ister to Spain, 1861. Minister to Russia, 1862-69. Ad-vocated election Qf Horace Greeley, 1872.
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