Civil War Confederate General.
Moore and his parents emigrated to Canada in 1835, then Massachusetts, where his father was a diplomatic official. Moore moved to Virginia in 1850, where he was a hardware merchant and commanding officer in the "Montgomery Guard," a local militia unit composed of other Irish immigrants. On July 1, 1861 he accepted command of the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment, but suffered a serious head wound seventeen days later at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford, near Manassas, Virginia.
Disabled for further field command, he served as a staff officer for Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from October 1861 to May 1862, and for Gen. James Longstreet from May to July 1862. After leaving Longstreet's command, he worked as a judge advocate-general in the Trans-Allegheny Department and in Richmond until May 1864. In Richmond, he assisted in organizing the Virginia Reserve forces, composed of militia and local defense troops. He was promoted Brigadier General on 20 September 1864, and commanded a brigade of local defense units until the end of the war. Moore was paroled in Manchester, Virginia on 30 April 1865. He thereafter worked as an insurance agent until his death.
Moore and his parents emigrated to Canada in 1835, then Massachusetts, where his father was a diplomatic official. Moore moved to Virginia in 1850, where he was a hardware merchant and commanding officer in the "Montgomery Guard," a local militia unit composed of other Irish immigrants. On July 1, 1861 he accepted command of the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment, but suffered a serious head wound seventeen days later at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford, near Manassas, Virginia.
Disabled for further field command, he served as a staff officer for Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from October 1861 to May 1862, and for Gen. James Longstreet from May to July 1862. After leaving Longstreet's command, he worked as a judge advocate-general in the Trans-Allegheny Department and in Richmond until May 1864. In Richmond, he assisted in organizing the Virginia Reserve forces, composed of militia and local defense troops. He was promoted Brigadier General on 20 September 1864, and commanded a brigade of local defense units until the end of the war. Moore was paroled in Manchester, Virginia on 30 April 1865. He thereafter worked as an insurance agent until his death.
Civil War Confederate General.
Moore and his parents emigrated to Canada in 1835, then Massachusetts, where his father was a diplomatic official. Moore moved to Virginia in 1850, where he was a hardware merchant and commanding officer in the "Montgomery Guard," a local militia unit composed of other Irish immigrants. On July 1, 1861 he accepted command of the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment, but suffered a serious head wound seventeen days later at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford, near Manassas, Virginia.
Disabled for further field command, he served as a staff officer for Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from October 1861 to May 1862, and for Gen. James Longstreet from May to July 1862. After leaving Longstreet's command, he worked as a judge advocate-general in the Trans-Allegheny Department and in Richmond until May 1864. In Richmond, he assisted in organizing the Virginia Reserve forces, composed of militia and local defense troops. He was promoted Brigadier General on 20 September 1864, and commanded a brigade of local defense units until the end of the war. Moore was paroled in Manchester, Virginia on 30 April 1865. He thereafter worked as an insurance agent until his death.
Moore and his parents emigrated to Canada in 1835, then Massachusetts, where his father was a diplomatic official. Moore moved to Virginia in 1850, where he was a hardware merchant and commanding officer in the "Montgomery Guard," a local militia unit composed of other Irish immigrants. On July 1, 1861 he accepted command of the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment, but suffered a serious head wound seventeen days later at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford, near Manassas, Virginia.
Disabled for further field command, he served as a staff officer for Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from October 1861 to May 1862, and for Gen. James Longstreet from May to July 1862. After leaving Longstreet's command, he worked as a judge advocate-general in the Trans-Allegheny Department and in Richmond until May 1864. In Richmond, he assisted in organizing the Virginia Reserve forces, composed of militia and local defense troops. He was promoted Brigadier General on 20 September 1864, and commanded a brigade of local defense units until the end of the war. Moore was paroled in Manchester, Virginia on 30 April 1865. He thereafter worked as an insurance agent until his death.
Bio by: Jeffry Burden
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