December 31, 1862, the "Battle of Stones River", also called the 2nd "Battle of Murfreesboro", was fought near Murfreesboro between the Union Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of Tennessee. This was a major engagement of the American Civil War. Between December 31 and January 2, 1863, there were 23,515 casualties. It was the bloodiest battle of the war based on percentage of casualties.

"The Old Guard in Gray"/authored by: J.HARVEY MATHES
on page 53 mentions E.E.Wright.

Quote: "At Nashville, J.W.Eldgridge was elected Captain, E.E.Wright and T.J. Jones, First Lieutenants………."
Above references "Eldridge's Battery"

Page 54 "The Old Guard in Gray"
Quote: "After the Army fell back in Knoxville,the Battery was ordered to Murfreesboro in November,1862. It reorganized, electing E.E.Wright, Captain………..was with Breckenridge in his desperate charge of the enemy's left on 2nd January,1863 where they lost Captain Eldridge,and one-third of the Company."

"The Old Guard in Gray" Page 89
In reference to J.W.Eldridge,
Quote: "Resigned his Captainey in December, 1862 at Shelbyville, in favor of his Nephew, Eldridge Wright, who lost his life in the Battle of Murfreesboro…"

Brother to GENERAL LUKE EDWARD WRIGHT who enlisted June 4, 1861, in Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Senior Tennessee Regiment, and later became lieutenant of artillery attached to Breckinridge's and Bates' divisions.

E Eldridge Wright