| Birth: | May 14, 1842 | | Death: | Apr. 13, 1933 | 
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Union Army as a Sergeant in Company E, Fourth Michigan Infantry. At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, May 10, 1864, he voluntarily returned in the face of the advancing Confederates to assist a wounded comrade and carried him to a place of safety. For extreme courage under enemy fire, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. After the war, he became a lawyer at San Diego, California and was prominent in that city's early development. He was also a Vice-President at the Santa Fe Railroad, Postmaster and County Judge. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for Moses Luce | | | Burial:
Greenwood Memorial Park
San Diego
San Diego County
California, USA
Plot: Hawthorne Place Lot 89 Grave 2
GPS (lat/lon): 32.42284, -117.06388 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 03, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 9733 |
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