The coat in the picture is most likely a militia frock and the shoulder bars are actually for epaulettes, depending upon unit, many militia wore epaulettes, with the enlisted being of worsted and cotton, while officers had bullion.
Walter Fabius Maximus Moring
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/8/1861 at Amelia Court House, VA as a Private.
On 6/8/1861 he mustered into "H" Co.
VA 44th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* On rolls 7/15/1861 (place not stated)
* Absent, sick 3/15/1862 Staunton & Amelia, VA Hospls
* Detailed 8/5/1862 (place not stated) (With Gnl Ewell's headquarters)
* Returned 9/15/1863 (place not stated)
* Detailed 4/15/1864 (place not stated) (As clerk in Gnl Jones Brgd headquarters)
* POW 7/8/1864 Harper's Ferry, WV
* Confined 7/20/1864 Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC
* Arrived 7/23/1864 Elmira, NY (Arrived for exchange)
* Exchanged 3/10/1865 (place not stated)
* POW 4/5/1865 Amelia Court House, VA
* Confined 4/7/1865 City Point, VA
* Transferred 4/13/1865 Point Lookout, MD
* Oath Allegiance 6/15/1865 (place not stated) (Released)
Promotions:
* Corpl 12/12/1861
Other Information:
born 9/14/1842 in Dennisville, Amelia County, VA
died 6/16/1887 in Chicago, IL
(Son of William W. Postwar wood and coal merchant, Baltimore,
MD and Chicago, IL. Buried Oak Woods Cemetery,
Chicago, IL)