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|name           = Horatio Wright
|image          = Horatiowrightphoto.jpg
|nationality    = {{Americans|[[United States]]}}
|birth          = {{1820s Births OTL|1820}}
|death          = {{1890s Deaths OTL|1899}}
|cause of death = {{NaturalCausesOTL}}
|occupation     = {{Engineer|Engineer}}, {{Authors of|Non-Fiction}}, {{Educator|Educator}}
|military branch   = {{ACWSoldiers|Union}}Army (1841–1884)}}{{Clearright}}{{Must and Shall Historical Character
|type of appearance = Direct {{POV}}}}{{Stack end}}'''Horatio Gouverneur Wright''' (March 6, 1820 – July 2, 1899) was an engineer and general in the [[United States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]].

== Horatio Wright in "[[Must and Shall]]" ==
'''Horatio Wright''' was dispatched to [[Washington, DC (Must and Shall)|Washington City]] to defend against [[Confederate States (Must and Shall)|Confederate]] General [[Jubal Early (Must and Shall)|Jubal Early's]] raid on July 11–12, 1864, commanding the Washington Emergency Defense Force, consisting of the VI, VIII, and XIX Corps. During the defense of [[Fort Stevens (Must and Shall)|Fort Stevens]], he gained notoriety by inviting [[President of the United States (Must and Shall)|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln (Must and Shall)|Abraham Lincoln]] to join him on a parapet exposed to enemy fire. As the two men were preparing to leave the parapet, Lincoln was felled by a sharpshooter's bullet.<ref>See, e.g., ''[[Counting Up, Counting Down]]'', pg. 55-57.</ref>

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