WILLIAM AMBROSE WRIGHT
PLAQUE
Located under a tree on the northeastern
corner of the Georgia State Capitol square, Atlanta, Ga.
(text)
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.
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
The University of Georgia
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