Moore, Patrick Theodore

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    Full name
    Patrick Theodore Moore
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Disputed
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Occupation
    Military
    Businessman
    Military
    Confederate Army

    Patrick Theodore Moore (Virginia Biography)

    Reference
    Moore, Patrick T., born in Galway, Ireland, September 22, 1821. Prior to the war he was a merchant, and captain of militia in Richmond, Virginia. In the spring of 1861 he was commissioned colonel of the First Regiment Virginia Infantry, and assigned to Longstreet's brigade; in the battle of Manassas was severely wounded in the head while leading his regiment. During the seven days' campaign before Richmond, he served upon the staff of Gen. Longstreet. In May, 1864, he organized the reserve forces of Virginia; later in the year was promoted to brigadier-general, and given command of First Brigade, Virginia Reserves, under Gen. Ewell. He died February 20, 1883.
    Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., “Moore, Patrick T.,” Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), 3: 76.
    How to Cite This Page: "Moore, Patrick Theodore," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6278.