Patrick Theodore Moore (September 22, 1821 – February 19, 1883) was an Irish-born

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during the

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. As colonel leading the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment, he was severely wounded at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861, and was incapacitated for further field service. Thereafter, he served as an aide-de-camp, first to

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Joseph E. Johnston and then to

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, a judge advocate general on court martial duty and a brigade commander of Virginia Reserves (local defense forces) in the Department of Richmond. He was a merchant and

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officer before the war and an insurance agent after the conflict.

Early life

Patrick T. Moore was born on September 22, 1821, in

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.Eicher, John H., and

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, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . pp. 395–396 Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. . pp. 219–220Wert, Jeffry D. "Moore, Patrick Theodore" in ''Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War'', edited by Patricia L. Faust. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. . p. 508 His family moved to Canada in 1835, then to

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, where his father was British consul.Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. . pp. 454–455 Moore moved to Virginia in 1850 where he worked as a merchant and was a captain in the Virginia militia. Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. ''The Civil War Dictionary.'' New York: McKay, 1988. . First published 1959 by McKay. p. 564 By 1860 he was resident in Richmond's Ward 2. Along with his wife and four children, he owned five female slaves.

American Civil War

After the

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effectively removed Virginia from the

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even before the ratification vote of the people, Patrick T. Moore entered Virginia state militia service as colonel of the 1st Virginia Militia Regiment on April 21, 1861. He became colonel of the

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of the Virginia Provisional Army on June 15, 1861. After the Virginia units were formally transferred to the Confederate States Army service he became colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment on July 1, 1861. Moore received a head wound at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford, Virginia on July 18, 1861, three days before the main

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(First Manassas), which incapacitated him for further field duty.Warner, 1959, p. 220 states that Moore led his regiment at "First Manassas" and Boatner, 1988, p. 564 and Wert, 1986, p. 508 state that Moore led his regiment at "First Bull Run." Sifakis, 1988, p. 454 states: "While most accounts report him as being wounded at the head of his regiment at 1st Bull Run he was in fact wounded three days earlier at Blackburn's Ford along the same creek." Eicher, 2001, p. 395, agrees with Sifakis. Moore served as aide-de-camp to General Joseph E. Johnston between October 1861 and May 31, 1862, and, after Johnston was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, as aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General

between May 31, 1861, and July 1862. Moore's regiment had been in Longstreet's brigade during the

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. In December 1862, Moore was appointed judge advocate general for the Confederate Trans-Allegheny Department and began two years of court martial duty. On April 28, 1863, he was appointed colonel, CSA, and judge advocate general. In January 1864, he became judge advocate general for the Department of Richmond. From May 18, 1864, to December 1864, he was a brigade commander of the Reserve Forces of Virginia, which he helped organize under the direction of Brigadier General

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. On September 20, 1864, Moore was promoted to

. Between December 1864 and April 1865, he was in command of Brigade 1 of the Virginia Reserve Forces (local defense troops) in the Department of Richmond. Moore apparently did not evacuate Richmond with the brigade because he was not captured with Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell's local defense forces at the Battle of Sayler's Creek on April 6, 1865, and he was not paroled at

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, on April 9, 1865, or the days immediately thereafter. He was later paroled at

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, now part of Richmond, Virginia, on April 30, 1865. He was pardoned on June 14, 1865.

Aftermath

Moore became an insurance agent at

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, after the war. Patrick T. Moore died on February 19, 1883, at Richmond Virginia. He is buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond.

Notes

References

* Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. ''The Civil War Dictionary.'' New York: McKay, 1988. . First published 1959 by McKay. * Eicher, John H., and

, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . * Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. . * Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. . * Wert, Jeffry D. "Moore, Patrick Theodore" in ''Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War'', edited by Patricia L. Faust. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Patrick T. 1821 births 1883 deaths 19th-century Irish people Military personnel from County Galway Irish soldiers Irish soldiers in the Confederate States Army People of Virginia in the American Civil War Confederate States Army generals

Early life

American Civil War

Aftermath

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