Alexander Moseley

In 1860 he was a 20 year old student living with his father William Dunn Moseley, who was the first Governor of Florida (1845-49) and by 1860 a wealthy lawyer and planter with 113 slaves, at Palatka in Putnam County, FL. He enlisted on 13 July 1861 in Jacksonville, VA and mustered as 2nd Lieutenant of Company H, 2nd Florida Infantry. He was promoted to Captain on 11 May 1862.

According to Captain Ballantine, Moseley took over command of the regiment at Sharpsburg on 18 September 1862 as the senior officer present.

He was captured at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and held at Johnson's Island, OH until paroled on 14 March 1865. He was surrendered and paroled at Tallahassee, FL on 15 May 1865.

By 1870 he was a farmer at Tallahassee in Leon County, FL. In 1880 he was County Sheriff there.

His basic service information from the State of Florida.1 His Compiled Service Records, online from fold3, are illegible. Ballantine's information comes from a 27 July 1898 telegram to Carman.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary L. "Mollie" (?; 1843-1892) and they had 5 children.

07/06/1839; Moseley Hall, Lenoir County, NC

07/29/1889; Chattahoochee, FL; burial in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Tallahassee, FL