# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horatio-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:42:15.159Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horatio-wright"
name: "Horatio Wright"
slug: "horatio-wright"
description: "Horatio Gouverneur Wright was an engineer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He took command of the VI Corps in May 1864 following the death of General John Sedgwick. In this capacity, he was responsible for building the fortifications around Washington DC, and in the Overland Campaign he commanded the first troops to break through the Confederate defenses at Petersburg. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the completion of the Washington Monument, and served as Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
tagline: "United States Army general (1820–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HGWright.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1820-03-06"
deathDate: "1899-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.48907103825137
  historical:           8.963609333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Horatio Wright"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Wright"
    title: "Horatio Wright"
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    title: "Horatio Wright"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Gouverneur_Wright"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_G._Wright"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump