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==Birth==
Nathaniel Wright was born in Berne on December 13, 1834 to [[Alvah Wright]] (B. Mar 25, 1810, D. Mar 5, 1877) and [[Anna Maria Moak]] (B. Aug 15, 1817, D. 1906).<ref name="Bernehistory">Bernehistory.org</ref><ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1855Census">1855 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Middleburgh, Schoharie Co, NY</ref><ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> Notes:
*There was another Nathaniel Wright (B. abt 1838, D. Aug 25, 1864), who lived in Albany county, served in the same Regiment and died in 1864 during the war.<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref>
*Robert Keating in the [[Carnival of Blood]] says that Nathaniel Wright of Berne was the brother of [[Silas W. Wright]] of Berne who also fought in the 7th NY Heavy Artillery Regiment. This is incorrect.<ref name="USCensus">US Censuses</ref><ref name="Bernehistory"/>

==Marriage & Children== 
He did not marry before he died.<ref name="1860Census"/><ref name="1865Census"/>

==Occupation==
Nathaniel Wright worked as a farmer<ref name="Carnival"/> and a laborer<ref name="1855Census"/><ref name="1860Census"/> before he served in the Civil War.



==Military Service==
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|Name:
|Nathaniel Wright
|-
|Residence:
|
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|12 Aug 1862<ref name="Carnival"/> or Aug 9, 1863<ref name="1865Census"/>
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Berne, New York
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="1865Census"/>
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Regiment:
|'''[[7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="1865Census"/>
|-
|Company:
|Company D<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Captured on:
|30 Jul 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Captured at:
|Deep Bottom, VA<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Imprisoned at:
|Salisbury, NC
|-
|Died of Disease on:
|5 Feb 1865<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Place of Death:
|Prison hospital, Salisbury, NC<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="1865Census"/>
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks: Enlisted at age 28.<ref name="Carnival"/> He died of diarrhea.<ref name="Carnival"/> Died of starvation.<ref name="1865Census"/>
|-
|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; 1865 census, Berne, Albany Co., NY; [[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of NY for the year 1898; Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998
|}

==Life==
Nathaniel Wright was born and raised in Berne, and was the eldest of twelve children. In 1850, his father [[Alvah Wright]] was a miller but later censuses record him as a laborer and as a farmer. In 1860 the family was living in Middleburgh, Schoharie County, NY, however they had returned to Berne by 1865.

==Death==
Nathaniel Wright died on February 5, 1865 of diarrhea while a prisoner of war in Salisbury, NC.<ref name="Carnival"/>

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Betty: Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Birth== Nathaniel Wright was born in Berne on December 13, 1834 to Alvah Wright (B. Mar 25, 1810, D. Mar 5, 1877) and [[Anna ..."

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