Marcus Wright (other)
Marcus Wright may refer to: * Marc Wright (Marcus Snowell Wright, 1890–1975), American athlete * Marcus Joseph Wright (1831–1922), lawyer, author, and Confederate general * Marcus Wright, a character from ''Terminator Salvation ''Terminator Salvation'' is a 2009 American military science fiction action film directed by McG and written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris. It is the fourth installment of the ''Terminator'' franchise and serves as a sequel to '' Termin ...

Marc Wright
Marcus Snowell Wright (April 21, 1890 – August 5, 1975) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He was born in Chicago and died in Reading, Massachusetts. Wright competed for a United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the pole vault where he won the silver medal with a clearance of 3.85 m behind the 3.95 m of winner Harry Babcock. Wright graduated from Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ... in 1913. References External linksProfile 1890 births 1975 deaths American male pole vaulters Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Dartmouth College alumni World record setters in athletics (track ...
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Marcus Joseph Wright
Marcus Joseph Wright (June 5, 1831 – December 27, 1922) was a lawyer, author, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was agent for collection of Confederate records for ''War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies,'' a U.S. War Department publication. Early life Wright was born in Purdy, Tennessee. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar, and practiced law at Memphis. He was clerk of the common law and chancery court. Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. . p. 346 He was lieutenant colonel of a Tennessee militia regiment designated the 154th Tennessee militia regiment. His brother was John Vines Wright. Civil War Wright's militia regiment was mustered into Confederate States Army service as the 154th Senior Tennessee Infantry. In 1861, Wright was ordered to establish a fortification at Randolph, Tennessee, on the Mississippi River. Fort ...
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