WILLIAM AMBROSE WRIGHT PLAQUE

Located under a tree on the northeastern corner of the Georgia State Capitol square, Atlanta, Ga.

 

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TO THE MEMORY OF

WILLIAM AMBROSE WRIGHT

BORN AT LOUISVILLE GEORGIA, JANUARY 19, 1844.

DIED AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 13, 1929:

SOLDIER, STATESMAN, AND CHRISTIAN KNIGHT:

A GALLANT OFFICER IN THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE

STATES OF AMERICA; FOR FIFTY YEARS COMPTROLLER

GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH; GUARDIAN OF ITS HONOR AND ITS PEOPLE'S FRIEND. A GENTLEMAN

IN WHOM LIVED THE GRACES, THE VIRTUES AND THE

HEROISMS OF THE OLD SOUTH:

THIS TREE IS LOVINGLY PLANTED, AND THIS

TABLET REVERENTLY INSCRIBED BY

THE ATLANTA LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

JANUARY 19, 1930.

 

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