CS Moore, Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh Moore​

Born: May 9, 1832

Birthplace: Warsaw, North Carolina

Father: Captain Joseph Moore 1799 – 1868

Mother: Elpenice Stanford 1802 – 1856

(Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Tampa, Florida)​

Wife: Elizabeth A. Peeples 1842 – 1907

(Buried: Huntsville Methodist Church, Lake City, Florida)​

Children:

Florence Pauline Moore Wadsworth 1865 – 1930​

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John Peeples Moore 1867 – 1870​

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Minnie Lee Moore Hackney 1868 – 1927

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Elizabeth Ann Moore Griffin 1870 – 1954​

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Walter Raleigh Moore Jr. 1871 – 1916​

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Joseph Calhoun Moore 1876 – 1947​

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William "Willie" Peeples Moore 1877 – 1936​

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Ruby Naomi Moore Mallory 1879 – 1959​

Occupation before War:

Merchant in Lake City, Florida​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain Company C, 2nd​ Florida Infantry Regiment

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1862 – 1863: Major of 2nd​ Florida Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia​

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1863: Wounded in the throat at the Battle of Chancellorsville​

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1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 2nd​ Florida Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Wounded in thigh on 1st​ day of the fighting at Gettysburg​

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1863: Captured at Gettysburg on 2nd​ Day of the fighting​

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1863 – 1864: Prisoner of War held at Johnson's Island Union Prison​

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1864 – 1865: Colonel of 2nd​ Florida Infantry Regiment​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1898: Farmer in Columbia County, Florida​

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Visited Gettysburg battlefield after war with Colonel David Lang​

Died: October 9, 1898

Place of Death: Columbia County, Florida

Age at time of Death: 66 years old

Burial Place: Huntsville Methodist Church, Lake City, Florida