Major General Ambrose Ransom Wright of Co. G, 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment and 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment in uniform/ Perkins Gallery, formerly Tucker & Perkins, Augusta, Ga.

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Major General Ambrose Ransom Wright of Co. G, 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment and 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment in uniform/ Perkins Gallery, formerly Tucker & Perkins, Augusta, Ga.

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Perkins, J. W. (John Weston), 1829-1906, photographer

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1861-1865

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A bust portrait photograph of Confederate Brigadier General Ambrose Ransom Wright in uniform

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Brigadier General Ambrose Ransom Wright "Rans"
(1826 - 1872)
Home State: Georgia
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Wright's Brigade
On the Campaign-Commanded Wright' Brigade in R. H. Anderson's Division of Longstreet's Command. He was wounded in the combat in the Sunken Road, and relieved in command of the Brigade by Col. Robert Jones of the 22nd Georgia.

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