Patrick T. Moore
| Patrick Theodore Moore | |
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Brig. Gen. Patrick T. Moore
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| Born |
September 22, 1821 Galway, Ireland |
| Died | February 19, 1883 (aged 61) Richmond, Virginia |
| Buried at | Richmond, Virginia |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America |
| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Commands held |
1st Virginia Infantry 1st Brigade / VA Reserve Forces |
| Battles/wars | |
Patrick Theodore Moore (September 22, 1821 – February 19, 1883) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. As colonel leading the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment, he was severely wounded at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861 and was incapacitated for further field service. Thereafter, he served as an aide-de-camp, first to General Joseph E. Johnston and then to Lieutenant General James Longstreet, a judge advocate general on court martial duty and a brigade commander of Virginia Reserves (local defense forces) in the Department of Richmond. He was a merchant and Virginia militia officer before the war and an insurance agent after the conflict.
Patrick T. Moore was born on September 22, 1821 in Galway, Ireland. His family moved to Canada in 1835, then to Massachusetts, where his father was British consul. Moore moved to Virginia in 1850 where he worked as a merchant and was a captain in the Virginia militia. By 1860 he was resident in Richmond's Ward 2. Along with his wife and four children, he owned five female slaves.
After the Virginia secession convention effectively removed Virginia from the Union even before the ratification vote of the people, Patrick T. Moore entered Virginia state militia service as colonel of the 1st Virginia Militia Regiment on April 21, 1861. He became colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry of the Virginia Provisional Army on June 15, 1861. After the Virginia units were formally transferred to the Confederate States Army service he became colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment on July 1, 1861.
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