Augustus Wade Dwight (February 22, 1827 – March 26, 1865) was a lawyer who became an officer in the American Civil War.

Augustus Wade Dwight was born February 22, 1827, in Halifax, Vermont, the oldest of nine children.

[2] A year into the American Civil War, additional troops were being raised in Onondaga County.

Dwight would often send reports back to the Syracuse Journal newspaper, and wrote letters notifying relatives of men who were killed in action.

[4] On September 19, 1864, at the Battle of Opequon, he received his first wound, a severe contusion of his right thigh, but was able to continue in his post.

[5] On the early morning of March 25, 1865, Confederate forces launched the daring surprise attack on Fort Stedman near Petersburg.

In response, later that day Dwight's regiment was ordered to take some of the weakened trenches on the Confederate's right side.