General Birkett D. Fry relieves General Ambrose R. Wright

Item CON-5725

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Brigadier General Fry was wounded at Gettysburg during Pickett's Charge. Brigadier General Wright was wounded at Antietam and served on the field at Gettysburg.

Duplicate Extract

Adjutant and Inspector General Office
Richmond
September 14, 1864

Special Orders
No. 218

VI. Brigadier General B. D. Fry, P.A.C.S., is assigned to duty to relieve Brigadier General A. R. Wright at Augusta, Georgia.

By Command of the Secretary of War
Jon Withers
Assistant Adjutant General

Brigadier General B. D. Fry
Richmond, VA

Official A. Micou, Lieutenant and ADC