Marcus Joseph Wright (June 5, 1831 – December 27, 1922) was a lawyer, author, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

[2] Wright's militia regiment was mustered into Confederate States Army service as the 154th Senior Tennessee Infantry.

[1][5] He became the editor of the Columbia, Tennessee, Journal newspaper, and on September 2, 1875, he married Pauline Womack of Alabama.

In 1878, Wright was appointed agent of the United States War Department for collecting Confederate military records.

[1] He published numerous magazine articles and several books, including: Wright died in Washington, D.C., on December 27, 1922, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on the south side of the Confederate Memorial.