Genealogy of Moody LaPointe Schnell Beyers - Person Sheet
Genealogy of Moody LaPointe Schnell Beyers - Person Sheet
FlagsCivil War Service, Jefferson County, Georgia, Non-Relative, Unconnected Person
FatherCOLONEL Ambrose Ransom WRIGHT , 5361 (1786-1850)
MotherSarah HAMMOND , 5362 (1796->1844)
Spouses
1Mary Hubble SAVAGE 
347,279,1780, 4578
347,279,1780, 4578Birthca Jan 1827, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA1780
DeathJun 21, 1854, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA
FlagsNon-Relative, Unconnected Person
FatherWilliam SAVAGE M.D. , 6340 (ca1770->1830)
MotherMary Hubbell POLK , 6343 (->1829)
MarriageApr 26, 1843, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA
Family ID3192
ChildrenWilliam Ambrose , 4579 (1844-1929)
Sarah Hammond , 4580 (ca1846-1936)
Ellen Gobert , 4562 (1848-1897)
Henry Gregory , 4582 (ca1850-)
Ambrose’s Daughter (Twin, died as infant), 8259 (1854-)
Ambrose’s Daughter (Twin, died as infant), 8260 (1854-)
2(Private) , 8234
, 8234Family ID5760
ChildrenRobert Hazelhurst , 5875 (1861-1939)
Malvern Hill , 8262 (1862-1884)
Notes for MAJOR GENERAL Ambrose Ransom “Rans” WRIGHT
On the 20 August 1850 United States Census of Jefferson County, Georgia, A. R. Wright is a 23 male Attorney at Law with real estate valued at $41500. Mary, his wife is 22 years old and was born in Richmond County, Georgia. William A. is 6, Sarah H. is 4 and Ellinor 2, and all were born in Jefferson County, Georgia.
On 1 June 1860 Ambrose R. Wright was a 33 year old lawyer who lived with his family in Richmond County, Georgia. His real estate was worth $13,000 and personal estate was $56,000. He lived with Carrie C., 29, William, 14, Sarah, 13, Hellen , 12 and Henry G., 10, all born in Georgia. 1787
Ambrose Ransom Wright was a lawyer, Georgia politician, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Wright, known by the nickname "Rans", was born in Louisville, Georgia. He read law starting at age 14 under the tutelage of Governor and Senator Herschel V. Johnson, who later became his brother-in-law, and was admitted to the bar. He became prominent politically, although he ran unsuccessfully for the Georgia legislature and for the United States Congress. He was a presidential elector for Millard Fillmore in 1856, a supporter of Bell and Everett in 1860, and a Georgia commissioner to Maryland in 1861.
At the start of the Civil War, Wright enlisted as a private in the Georgia Militia, but he was commissioned a Colonel of the 3rd Georgia Infantry on 18 May 1861, and served in North Carolina and Georgia until the summer of 1862. He was promoted to brigadier general on 4 June 1862 and sent to Virginia. Wright's Georgians made a distinguished record in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days Battles to the Siege of Petersburg. He was badly wounded at the Battle of Antietam in 1862 and at Chancellorsville in 1863. At the Battle of Gettysburg, Wright's brigade, part of Richard H. Anderson's division of A.P. Hill's Corps, had the distinction of penetrating the farthest into the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge on 2 July 1863. As of 26 November 1864, Wright was named major general on a temporary commission and ordered to Georgia, where he exercised command until the end of the war.
In 1863 Wright had been elected to the Georgia state senate and president of that body in absentia. Resuming his law practice after the termination of hostilities, he purchased the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel newspaper in 1866, and in 1871 was defeated for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. The following year, General Wright was a delegate to both the state and national Democratic conventions and was elected to the United States House of Representatives, but died at Augusta, Georgia, before taking his seat. At a special election to fill the vacancy, Alexander Stephens was elected his successor. General Wright is buried in City Cemetery, Augusta.
Ambrose Ransom Wright was born on 26 April 1826, in Louisville, Georgia. He became a lawyer, and become involved in state politics. The governor of Georgia was his brother-in-law, but he was unable to get elected to the state legislature or to Congress. When Georgia seceded, Wright joined others in trying to persuade Maryland to espouse the Confederate cause. When the Civil War began, Wright was commissioned Colonel of the 3d Georgia, and fought in North Carolina and Georgia. Called "Rans" Wright, he was promoted to brigadier general and transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia. Leading troops at the Seven Days' Campaign and Second Bull Run, he was wounded at Antietam. Wright went on to lead troops at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. Promoted to major general, he was assigned to Georgia and remained in command there until the end of the war. After the Civil War, Wright returned to his legal practice and obtained the Augusta "Chronicle and Sentinel" in 1866. He lost the 1871 election to the Senate, but was elected to the US House of Representatives the next year. Before he could take his seat in the House, Wright died in Augusta, Georgia, on 21 December 1872.
War Service May 1861 Colonel of 3rd Georgia, served in North Carolina and Georgia, June 1862 Brigadier General, commanded Wright's Brigade/Huger's Division at Seven Days, commanded Wright's Brigade/R H Anderson's Division at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, commanded Wright's Brigade/Mahone's Division at Petersburg, November 1864 Major General and ordered to Georgia.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 34 page 248
Miss Annie Gregory Wright. DAR ID Number: 33680
Born in Augusta, Georgia.
Descendant of Lieut. Abner Hammond and of Hon. Ambrose Wright, of Georgia.
Daughter of Henry Gregory Wright and Ella Evans Russell, his wife.
Granddaughter of Ambrose Ransom Wright and Mary Hubbell Savage, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Ambrose Ransom Wright and Sarah Hammond, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Ambrose Wright and Anna Marie Gregory, his wife; Abner Hammond and Sarah Dudley, his second wife, m. 1803.
Abner Hammond, , was lieutenant of state troops under his brother Col. Samuel Hammond. He served from the Edgefield District during the entire war. He was born in Richmond Co., Va.; died in Milledgeville, Ga.
Ambrose Wright, , was a member of the Provincial Congress, Council of Safety and commissary general of [p.248] Georgia. He was born in St. Mathews Parish; died in Louisville, Ga.
"Rans" Wright was a prominent Georgia politician that rose to become a brigade commander in A.P. Hill's Third Corps.
Born in Louisville , Georgia on 26 April 1826, Wright read law under the tutelage of
Governor and Senator Herschel V. Johnson . He was admitted to the bar and began to become politically active. He ran unsuccessfully for both the Georgia legislature and for Congress; nevertheless, he was a Fillmore Elector in 1856. A supporter of Bell and Everett in 1860, Wright also was the Georgia commissioner to Maryland in 1861.
He became the colonel of the 3d Georgia Infantry on 18 May 1861. He served in North Carolina and Georgia until the summer of 1862, when he was promoted to general on 3 June and sent to Virginia. His
brigade of Georgians amassed a distinguished and gallant record with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days to the siege of Petersburg. Wright himself was badly wounded twice at Sharpsburg and had to be carried from the field. He returned in time to fight at Fredericksburg. Although sick during the Gettysburg Campaign, he nonetheless commanded his brigade. Wright, while absent, was elected to the Georgia state senate in 1863 and served as president in absentia. He was absent sick for thirty days in July 1864, however. Ordered to Georgia, because he was unfit for field service, he took a command at Augusta. He was promoted to major general on 26 November 1864.
After the War, Wright resumed his legal practice. He purchased the Augusta paper, the Chronicle and Sentinel, in 1866. In 1871, he was defeated for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. senate. The following year, however, he served as a delegate to the state and national Democratic conventions. Elected to Congress, he died on 21 December 1872 before he could take his seat from "brain inflammation." In the special election for his seat, Alexander H. Stephens was elected. Wright was buried in the Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta. 460
War Service May 1861 Col. of 3rd Georgia, served in North Carolina and Georgia, June 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Wright’s Bde/Huger's Divn at Seven Days, commanded Wright’s Bde/R H Anderson’s Divn at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg , Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, commanded Wright’s Bde/Mahone’s Divn at Petersburg, November 1864 Maj. Gen. and ordered to Georgia.
Post War Career Lawyer, newspaper publisher, elected to US congress but died before he could take his seat.
Some small footnotes to history:
Goat: His Georgia Brigade might have been able, at dusk 8/30/1862, at the Henry House Hill, 2nd Manassas to overwhelm the left flank of the Federals. He failed to recognize their weakness and didn't assault in time. If he had, the entire army of Pope's might have been bagged.
Hero: on the 2nd day at Gettysburg, his Georgia Brigade held the left end of Longstreet's Corps and late in the day of 7/2/1863 actually took part of Cemetery Ridge for about ten minutes. The right hand brigades of A. P. Hill's Corps failed to support on his left and he was forced to retire. If A. P. Hill's Corps had supported as intended, history would have been rewritten.
On 1 June 1860 Ambrose R. Wright was a 33 year old lawyer who lived with his family in Richmond County, Georgia. His real estate was worth $13,000 and personal estate was $56,000. He lived with Carrie C., 29, William, 14, Sarah, 13, Hellen , 12 and Henry G., 10, all born in Georgia. 1787
Ambrose Ransom Wright was a lawyer, Georgia politician, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Wright, known by the nickname "Rans", was born in Louisville, Georgia. He read law starting at age 14 under the tutelage of Governor and Senator Herschel V. Johnson, who later became his brother-in-law, and was admitted to the bar. He became prominent politically, although he ran unsuccessfully for the Georgia legislature and for the United States Congress. He was a presidential elector for Millard Fillmore in 1856, a supporter of Bell and Everett in 1860, and a Georgia commissioner to Maryland in 1861.
At the start of the Civil War, Wright enlisted as a private in the Georgia Militia, but he was commissioned a Colonel of the 3rd Georgia Infantry on 18 May 1861, and served in North Carolina and Georgia until the summer of 1862. He was promoted to brigadier general on 4 June 1862 and sent to Virginia. Wright's Georgians made a distinguished record in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days Battles to the Siege of Petersburg. He was badly wounded at the Battle of Antietam in 1862 and at Chancellorsville in 1863. At the Battle of Gettysburg, Wright's brigade, part of Richard H. Anderson's division of A.P. Hill's Corps, had the distinction of penetrating the farthest into the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge on 2 July 1863. As of 26 November 1864, Wright was named major general on a temporary commission and ordered to Georgia, where he exercised command until the end of the war.
In 1863 Wright had been elected to the Georgia state senate and president of that body in absentia. Resuming his law practice after the termination of hostilities, he purchased the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel newspaper in 1866, and in 1871 was defeated for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. The following year, General Wright was a delegate to both the state and national Democratic conventions and was elected to the United States House of Representatives, but died at Augusta, Georgia, before taking his seat. At a special election to fill the vacancy, Alexander Stephens was elected his successor. General Wright is buried in City Cemetery, Augusta.
Ambrose Ransom Wright was born on 26 April 1826, in Louisville, Georgia. He became a lawyer, and become involved in state politics. The governor of Georgia was his brother-in-law, but he was unable to get elected to the state legislature or to Congress. When Georgia seceded, Wright joined others in trying to persuade Maryland to espouse the Confederate cause. When the Civil War began, Wright was commissioned Colonel of the 3d Georgia, and fought in North Carolina and Georgia. Called "Rans" Wright, he was promoted to brigadier general and transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia. Leading troops at the Seven Days' Campaign and Second Bull Run, he was wounded at Antietam. Wright went on to lead troops at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. Promoted to major general, he was assigned to Georgia and remained in command there until the end of the war. After the Civil War, Wright returned to his legal practice and obtained the Augusta "Chronicle and Sentinel" in 1866. He lost the 1871 election to the Senate, but was elected to the US House of Representatives the next year. Before he could take his seat in the House, Wright died in Augusta, Georgia, on 21 December 1872.
War Service May 1861 Colonel of 3rd Georgia, served in North Carolina and Georgia, June 1862 Brigadier General, commanded Wright's Brigade/Huger's Division at Seven Days, commanded Wright's Brigade/R H Anderson's Division at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, commanded Wright's Brigade/Mahone's Division at Petersburg, November 1864 Major General and ordered to Georgia.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 34 page 248
Miss Annie Gregory Wright. DAR ID Number: 33680
Born in Augusta, Georgia.
Descendant of Lieut. Abner Hammond and of Hon. Ambrose Wright, of Georgia.
Daughter of Henry Gregory Wright and Ella Evans Russell, his wife.
Granddaughter of Ambrose Ransom Wright and Mary Hubbell Savage, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Ambrose Ransom Wright and Sarah Hammond, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Ambrose Wright and Anna Marie Gregory, his wife; Abner Hammond and Sarah Dudley, his second wife, m. 1803.
Abner Hammond, , was lieutenant of state troops under his brother Col. Samuel Hammond. He served from the Edgefield District during the entire war. He was born in Richmond Co., Va.; died in Milledgeville, Ga.
Ambrose Wright, , was a member of the Provincial Congress, Council of Safety and commissary general of [p.248] Georgia. He was born in St. Mathews Parish; died in Louisville, Ga.
"Rans" Wright was a prominent Georgia politician that rose to become a brigade commander in A.P. Hill's Third Corps.
Born in Louisville , Georgia on 26 April 1826, Wright read law under the tutelage of
Governor and Senator Herschel V. Johnson . He was admitted to the bar and began to become politically active. He ran unsuccessfully for both the Georgia legislature and for Congress; nevertheless, he was a Fillmore Elector in 1856. A supporter of Bell and Everett in 1860, Wright also was the Georgia commissioner to Maryland in 1861.
He became the colonel of the 3d Georgia Infantry on 18 May 1861. He served in North Carolina and Georgia until the summer of 1862, when he was promoted to general on 3 June and sent to Virginia. His
brigade of Georgians amassed a distinguished and gallant record with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days to the siege of Petersburg. Wright himself was badly wounded twice at Sharpsburg and had to be carried from the field. He returned in time to fight at Fredericksburg. Although sick during the Gettysburg Campaign, he nonetheless commanded his brigade. Wright, while absent, was elected to the Georgia state senate in 1863 and served as president in absentia. He was absent sick for thirty days in July 1864, however. Ordered to Georgia, because he was unfit for field service, he took a command at Augusta. He was promoted to major general on 26 November 1864.
After the War, Wright resumed his legal practice. He purchased the Augusta paper, the Chronicle and Sentinel, in 1866. In 1871, he was defeated for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. senate. The following year, however, he served as a delegate to the state and national Democratic conventions. Elected to Congress, he died on 21 December 1872 before he could take his seat from "brain inflammation." In the special election for his seat, Alexander H. Stephens was elected. Wright was buried in the Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta. 460
War Service May 1861 Col. of 3rd Georgia, served in North Carolina and Georgia, June 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Wright’s Bde/Huger's Divn at Seven Days, commanded Wright’s Bde/R H Anderson’s Divn at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg , Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, commanded Wright’s Bde/Mahone’s Divn at Petersburg, November 1864 Maj. Gen. and ordered to Georgia.
Post War Career Lawyer, newspaper publisher, elected to US congress but died before he could take his seat.
Some small footnotes to history:
Goat: His Georgia Brigade might have been able, at dusk 8/30/1862, at the Henry House Hill, 2nd Manassas to overwhelm the left flank of the Federals. He failed to recognize their weakness and didn't assault in time. If he had, the entire army of Pope's might have been bagged.
Hero: on the 2nd day at Gettysburg, his Georgia Brigade held the left end of Longstreet's Corps and late in the day of 7/2/1863 actually took part of Cemetery Ridge for about ten minutes. The right hand brigades of A. P. Hill's Corps failed to support on his left and he was forced to retire. If A. P. Hill's Corps had supported as intended, history would have been rewritten.
Research notes for MAJOR GENERAL Ambrose Ransom “Rans” WRIGHT
Which is correct?
He lived at McBean, Richmond County, Georgia in 1860.1787 Ambrose Wright is a farmer age 30, born in Georgia on the 20 August 1850 Census.
1850 Jefferson Co. Ga. census 40/547/547
Wright, A. R. 23M Attorney at law 41500
Mary 22F Richmond Cty ga
William A. 6M Jeff Cty Ga attended school in the year
Sarah H. 4F Jeff Cty Ga
Ellinor 2F Jeff Cty Ga
Adjacent is Henry G. Wright 21 $20000
Census index entries from Ancestry.com:
Ambrose R. Wright 1860 Richmond Co. Ga. Pg.293 & 294 slave schedule, 124th District
Ambrose R. Wright 1860 Richmond Co. Ga. pg. 999 124th District
Ambrose R. Wright 1870 Richmond Co. Ga. pg. 55, 2W. Augusta
He lived at McBean, Richmond County, Georgia in 1860.1787 Ambrose Wright is a farmer age 30, born in Georgia on the 20 August 1850 Census.
1850 Jefferson Co. Ga. census 40/547/547
Wright, A. R. 23M Attorney at law 41500
Mary 22F Richmond Cty ga
William A. 6M Jeff Cty Ga attended school in the year
Sarah H. 4F Jeff Cty Ga
Ellinor 2F Jeff Cty Ga
Adjacent is Henry G. Wright 21 $20000
Census index entries from Ancestry.com:
Ambrose R. Wright 1860 Richmond Co. Ga. Pg.293 & 294 slave schedule, 124th District
Ambrose R. Wright 1860 Richmond Co. Ga. pg. 999 124th District
Ambrose R. Wright 1870 Richmond Co. Ga. pg. 55, 2W. Augusta
Notes for Mary Hubble (Spouse 1)
She was confirmed as a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Augusta, Georgia in 1864. 347
Mary Hubbell Savage was seventeen when she married A. R. Wright. Because of the extreme youth of the couple both families were opposed to the wedding. However, the young groom, in no way disheartened by parental disapproval, bought a small trace of land on which stood a cabin and here brought his young bride.
She died from complications of childbirth with her twin daughters.
Mary Hubbell Savage was seventeen when she married A. R. Wright. Because of the extreme youth of the couple both families were opposed to the wedding. However, the young groom, in no way disheartened by parental disapproval, bought a small trace of land on which stood a cabin and here brought his young bride.
She died from complications of childbirth with her twin daughters.
Research notes for Mary Hubble (Spouse 1)
Any one who is a direct descendent of Mary Hubbell Savage Wright is eligible for the Jamestown Society.