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(1837 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 53rd Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlsited as a Private in Company A, 53rd Georgia Infantry on 28 April 1862 in Griffin.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded through the chest in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He died of wounds on 29 (or 24, 25) September 1862 near Sharpsburg.
References & notes
His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records, US National Archives, online via fold3. Personal details from family genealogists. His memorial is on Findagrave.
He married Nancy S. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis (1836-1902) in December 1859 in Henry County and they had 2 children; his son Moses, Jr was born 3 months after his father's death.
Birth
11/14/1837; Henry County, GA
Death
07/29/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19679]