Monday, January 13, 2014

John Robert Moore, student 1861-1863

Moore enlisted as a private in Co. B of the 6th VA Cavalry on September 1, 1863. He was wounded during the Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA, on May 11, 1864. He is listed as absent without leave from December 1864 through March 1865, when he was officially declared a deserter and known to have returned to Rappahannock County. Moore was paroled at Winchester, VA on April 29, 1865.

After the war, he farmed in Rappahannock County, VA. Moore died December 8, 1896 and is buried in Rappahannock County in the Moore Family Cemetery.

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