A Guide to the A. O. Wright Collection of Confederate Navy service records, 1922-1925 Wright, A. O., Collection of Confederate Navy service records, 1922-1925
20976
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 20976
Library of Virginia
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A. O. Wright. Collection of Confederate Navy service records, 1922-1925. Accession 20976. Personal papers collection, The
Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of A. O. Wright of St. Augustine, Florida, 1925.
Augustus O. Wright was born 18 March 1844 in Greensboro, Alabama. He was a midshipman in the Naval Academy when the Civil
War began. He resigned from the Academy 22 April 1861, and joined the Confederate navy.
Wright was appointed acting midshipman 7 December 1861 and midshipman 2 June 1864. Wright served on the Savannah station from
1861 to 1862 and was part of the defense of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, from 1864 to
1865. He served on various naval vessels and ended the war as a member of Semmes' Naval Brigade in 1865. After the war, Wright
was a judge in Florida. He also organized the veterans of the Confederate navy into a
branch of the United Confederate Veterans. His efforts garnered him the honorary title of admiral. Wright died in St. Augustine,
Florida, 5 September 1928. He had a wife and two daughters.
Collection of Confederate Navy service records, 1922-1925, of A. O. Wright (1844-1928) of St. Augustine, Florida, containing
correspondence, reminiscenses, questionnaires, and lists relating to his efforts to
obtain military records of men who served in the Confederate States Navy. This collection pertains to Virginians who served
in that branch.
Letter,
22 July 1922,
from Annie B. Camm, Richmond, Virginia, to A. O. Wright, in Richmond, discussing Wright's efforts to compile the records of
Confederate sailors.
4 pages.
Letter,
19 June 1922,
from Susan Stribling Snodgrass, Martinsburg, West Virginia, to A. O. Wright, regarding the Confederate naval service of John
Maxwell Stribling aboard the
Florida
during the Civil War.
7 pages.
Letter,
2 December 1922,
from G. Cabell Childress, Bristol, Tennessee, to A. O. Wright in Richmond, Virginia, concerning the Confederate naval service
of Joseph Miller Gardner aboard the
Tallahassee
during the Civil War.
1 leaf.
Letter,
1 December 1922,
from Samuel M. Chappell, Richmond, to A. O. Wright, containing the reminiscences of his father John T. Chappell of Richmond,
who served aboard the
Patrick Henry
and the
Virginia
during his service in the Confederate Navy.
4 leaves.
Reminiscences,
n.d.,
of John Bondurant Gardner of Bedford County, Virginia, about his service aboard the
Richmond
while in the Confederate Navy. He also recalls the burning of Richmond and his journey home to Danville, Virginia.
3 leaves.
Reminiscences,
n.d.,
of John A. Curtis of Richmond about his service aboard the spar torpedo-boat
Squib
while in the Confederate Navy.
3 leaves.
Reminiscences,
n.d.,
of John A. Curtis of Richmond about his service aboard the
Tallahassee
while in the Confederate Navy.
3 leaves.
Questionaire,
n.d.,
filled in regarding the Confederate naval service of Richard H. B. English aboard the
Patrick Henry
. Includes a copy of the resolution passed by several states including Virginia to encourage A. O. Wright's work of collecting
the history of Confederate sailors.
2 pages.
Questionaire,
n.d.,
filled in regarding the Confederate naval service of J. B. Moess of Richmond aboard the
Virginia
. Includes a copy of the resolution passed by several states including Virginia to encourage A. O. Wright's work of collecting
the history of Confederate sailors.
2 pages.
Questionaire,
n.d.,
filled in regarding the Confederate naval service of J. G. Boxley of Orange County, Virginia. Includes a copy of the resolution
passed by the state of Virginia encouraging A. O. Wright's efforts to
collect the history of Confederate sailors.
2 pages.
Letter,
31 March 1924,
from H. R. McIlwaine, State Librarian of Virginia, Richmond, for A. O. Wright, to E. H. Rouse of Orange County thanking him
for submitting the questionaire on J. G. Boxley.
1 leaf.
Questionaire,
n.d.,
regarding the Confederate naval service of John Bondurant Gardner of Bedford County. Includes a copy of the resolution passed
by the state of Virginia encouraging A. O. Wright's efforts to collect the
history of Confederate sailors.
2 pages.
Letter,
2 September 1924,
from H. R. McIlwaine, State Librarian, for A. O. Wright, to John Bondurant Gardner, Bedford County, thanking him for submitting
a questionaire.
1 leaf.
Questionaire,
n.d.,
filled in on a Captain Higgins of Crittenden, Virginia. Includes a copy of the resolution passed by the state of Virginia
encouraging A. O. Wright's efforts to collect the history of Confederate
sailors.
2 pages.
Questionaire,
n.d.,
filled in on Captain A. M. Morecock of Claremont, Virginia. Includes a copy of the resolution passed by the state of Virginia
encouraging A. O. Wright's efforts to collect the history of Confederate
sailors.
2 pages.
Letter,
23 July 1924,
from H. R. McIlwaine, State Librarian, for A. O. Wright, to H. L. Harris, James City County, Virginia, thanking him for the
questionaires on Captain Higgins and Captain A. M. Morecock.
1 leaf.
List,
23 September 1924,
of records mailed to Richmond, Virginia.
1 leaf.
List,
7 November 1924,
of names of men whose Confederate naval records Wright had obtained.
1 leaf.
List,
4 December 1924,
of names of men who served in Confederate Navy.
1 leaf.
Letter,
3 January 1925,
from W. H. McElroy, Shreveport, Louisiana, to H. R. McIlvainey (H. R. McIlwaine), Richmond, containing a list of names of
men from Virginia who served in the Confederate Navy.
1 leaf.
List,
31 January 1925,
of names of men who served in the Confederate Navy.
1 leaf.
List,
31 March 1925,
of names of men who served in the Naval Branch of the Confederacy sent to Virginia.
2 pages.
List,
6 May 1925,
of names of men who served in the Confederate Navy.
1 leaf.
Citation,
n.d.,
for volume I, series II of the Official Record of the War of the Rebellion: Union and Confederate soldiers of the Navy and
army 1862 to 1865.
1 leaf.
List,
n.d.,
of names of men in the Confederate Navy and includes their rank or position.
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