Thomas F. Wright Son of George Wright

George Wright (general)

George Wright was an American soldier who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

, officer during the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 in the 2nd California Cavalry Regiment

2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry

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, 6th California Infantry Regiment

6th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

The 6th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent its entire term of service in the western United States attached to the Department of the Pacific. The Regiment was organized at Benicia Barracks, San Francisco on...

, 1861–1864, Colonel of the 2nd California Infantry Regiment

2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

The 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent its entire term of service in the western United States. Organized at San Francisco and Carson City September 2, 1861, to December 30, 1862 and attached to Department...

, October 1865 to May 1866.
After the Civil War he returned to the rank of First Lieutenant and remained in the army for service in the Indian Campaigns. During the Modoc War

Modoc War

The Modoc War, or Modoc Campaign , was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army in southern Oregon and northern California from 1872–1873. The Modoc War was the last of the Indian Wars to occur in California or Oregon...

 Lieutenant Wright was serving as an officer with the U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment on April 26, 1873, he and some of his men were ambushed and killed by Modoc Indians.

Wright was interred in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery

Sacramento Historic City Cemetery

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 in Sacramento, California

Sacramento, California

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