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Appointed from Illinois, First Lieutenant, 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, October 1861 From October 1861 to November 1862 he served as Aide-de-Camp to General Kearny Captain, Aide-de-Camp, United States Volunteers, 10 November 1862 Appointment expired 4 March 1863 and revoked 27 April 1863 Captain, Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, 3 May 1863 Breveted Major of Volunteers, 6 March 1865 Breveted Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. VOlunteers, 13 March 1866 for gallant and distinguished conduct in several campaigns of the Army of the Potomac prior to the battle of Gettysburg,Pennsylvnaia Breveted Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865, for gallant and highly meritorious conduct the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvnaia Honorably mustered out of volunteer service, 26 Septtember 1866 Captain, 38th United States Infantry, 22 January 1867 Unassigned, 11 November 1869 Assigned to the 3rd United States Cavalry, 15 December 1870 Resigned 10 August 1879 He died on 30 September 1910 and was buried with full military honors in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. MOORE, ALEXANDER CAPT CO F 3RD US CAV DATE OF DEATH: 09/30/1910 BURIED AT: SECTION E DIV SITE 2241 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY MOORE, MARY L
Photo By M. R. Patterson, 1998 Posted: 27 July 2002 Updated: 27 August 2005 |