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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

Tignall L. Moss

(1825 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 61st Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In the 1850 Federal Census for Wilkes County, GA, he was a 24 year old school teacher, and in 1860 a 34 year old farmer. He was elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, Company G, 61st Georgia Infantry on 8 October 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds in Frederick, MD on 23 October 1862. Originally buried "on west side of and in the cemetery at Frederick." Probably reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.

References & notes

Burial information from Pruett1, who lists him as Private J.L. Moss. There is also a memorial to him in the Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Wilkes County, GA. Service details online by Fincham2, from Lilian Henderson’s Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, l86l-l865, Hapeville: Longino & Porter (1959-1964), Vol. 6. Personal details from family genealogists.

Birth

11/1825; Lincoln County, GA

Death

10/23/1862; Frederick, MD; burial in Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD

Notes

1 Pruett, Samuel, and Poffenberger & Good, Greg Farino and Western Maryland Regional Library (WMRL), Washington Confederate Cemetery, possible burials, Hagerstown (MD): WHILBR, 2010 [AotW citation 4875]

2 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/rosters/roster2/61st_inf_regt_rost_g.html [AotW citation 13254]

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