Ollin Moore

In 1860 he was a 16 year old farm hand living with his mother and brother Arthur (and probably 6 or more slaves) on their farm at Snow Hill in Greene County, NC. He enlisted in Goldsboro, NC on 13 May 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company A, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged to return to duty on 10 November 1862.

He was promoted to First Corporal on 1 September 1863 and was 5th Sergeant when he was captured, along with most of his regiment, on 12 May 1864 in action in the Mule Shoe salient at Spotsylvania Court House, VA. He arrived at Point Lookout, MD on 18 May and was transferred to the prison at Elmira, NY on 10 August 1864. He took an oath of allegiance to the United States there and was released on 11 July 1865.

By 1880 and to at least 1900 he was an unmarried farmer in Greene County, NC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860, 1880, & 1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave; his stone has him as Ollen Moore.

02/24/1844; Greene County, NC

04/08/1912; burial in Moore's Family Cemetery, Maury, NC