Joseph Leigh Moore, Jr.

An unmarried 24 year old merchant, he enlisted in Wilcox County, AL on 6 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company A of the 13th Alabama Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal by December 1861 and to 5th Sergeant on 7 March 1862.

He was with his company at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was wounded by a gunshot in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was in a Richmond, VA hospital to 10 October then furloughed home. He was promoted to 4th Sergeant on 1 December 1862 and was elected Junior 2nd Lieutenant on 16 June 1863 and advanced to Senior 2nd Lieutenant shortly afterward. He was captured at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1863, was held at Fort Delaware to 20 July, then was a prisoner at Johnson's Island near Sandusky, OH. He was transferred to Point Lookout, MD for exchange on 14 March 1865 with no later military record.

His service from his Confederate Compiled Service Records1 online from fold3 and the Alabama Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married R. Ellen Jones (1841-1898) in December 1867 and they had 3 children.

03/16/1837; Petersburg, VA

03/17/1894; Wilcox County, AL