Civil War Soldier
JAMES Moore
Offaly: Birr
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Army: Union
Soldier No. 23
13 Pennsylvania
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Town: 12 · Regiment: 0 · State: 12 · Town+Reg: 0
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This record places JAMES Moore from Birr in Union service.
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- Soldier Number
- 23
- Surname
- Moore
- First Name
- JAMES
- Alternative Name / Alias
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Soldier No. Of Relation
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Offaly Town / Area
- Birr
- Army
- Union
- Rank
- Private
- Company
- Co. B
- Regiment Number
- 13
- US State Regiment
- Pennsylvania
- Type Reg.
- Cavalry
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- Mother
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Father
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Siblings
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Family Connections / Other Relationship
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Birth Year
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Baptism Record
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Civil War Death Y/N
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Battle Or Other Civil War Related Death
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Death Year
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Place of Death
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- State / Country Of Burial
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Grave Site (link)
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Service: Union – 13 Pennsylvania Cavalry – Co. B
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From the same Offaly town / area
- JOHN P Birmingham — Soldier No. 221 | Birr | N/A On Draft Register N/A | Union | d. 1914
- MICHAEL Briscoe — Soldier No. 38 | Birr | 132 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1864
- THOMAS Cassidy — Soldier No. 37 | Birr | 80 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1889
- PATRICK Clark — Soldier No. 39 | Birr | 4 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- EDWARD Clarkson — Soldier No. 304 | Birr | 5 Regular Army Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- JOHN Cleary — Soldier No. 36 | Birr | 96 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- MICHAEL Cleary — Soldier No. 35 | Birr | 7 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union | d. 1893
- MICHAEL Clerihan — Soldier No. 261 | Birr | 10 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1908
- JAMES Clerihan — Soldier No. 262 | Birr | 6 Illinois Cavalry | Union | d. 1913
- JOHN Connor — Soldier No. 27 | Birr | 33 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1861
- JAMES Conway — Soldier No. 31 | Birr | 90 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1863
- DANIEL Corcoran — Soldier No. 29 | Birr | 90 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1870
Same surname (possible family group)
- JOSEPH Moore — Soldier No. 425 | Clara | 24 Arkansas Infantry | Confederate | d. 1869
Served in regiments from the same US state
- WILLIAM Cowell Bayley — Soldier No. 153 | Tullamore | 25 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1889
- JOHN Cleary — Soldier No. 36 | Birr | 96 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- MICHAEL Cleary — Soldier No. 35 | Birr | 7 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union | d. 1893
- JOSEPH Cooney — Soldier No. 276 | Rhode | 114 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1899
- WILLIAM Cooper — Soldier No. 122 | Kinnitty | 96 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1891
- THOMAS Coyne — Soldier No. 282 | Unknown Within Offaly | 9 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union | d. 1898
- JOHN H Cully — Soldier No. 83 | Edenderry | 140 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1909
- MICHAEL Flanagan — Soldier No. 91 | Edenderry | 23 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- PETER Guinan — Soldier No. 13 | Birr | 116 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- CAREY Heaton — Soldier No. 100 | Ferbane | 48 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- PATRICK Hoary — Soldier No. 30 | Birr | 202 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- JOHN Kemple — Soldier No. 402 | Birr | 81 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
Served in the same army
- NICHOLAS Allen — Soldier No. 138 | Rhode | 10 Maine Infantry | Union
- ISAAC Ardill — Soldier No. 139 | Seir Kieran | 2 New Jersey Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- CHRISTOPHER Armstrong — Soldier No. 207 | Unknown Within Offaly | Regular Army Ordnance | Union
- JOHN W Baker — Soldier No. 90 | Edenderry | 15 New York Engineers | Union | d. 1920
- JOHN Barrett — Soldier No. 157 | Tullamore | 6 Indiana Infantry | Union | d. 1888
- JAMES Barrett — Soldier No. 154 | Tullamore | 35 Indiana Infantry | Union | d. 1894
- JAMES Barry — Soldier No. 217 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- WILLIAM Cowell Bayley — Soldier No. 153 | Tullamore | 25 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1889
- MICHAEL Beggs — Soldier No. 218 | Unknown Within Offaly | 8 New Hampshire Infantry | Union | d. 1896
- WILLIAM Belton — Soldier No. 219 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- COL Michael Bennett — Soldier No. 92 | Edenderry | 28 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1909
- THOMAS Bergin — Soldier No. 220 | Unknown Within Offaly | 2 Regular Army Artillery | Union
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- From US Civil War Soldier To Methodist Minister. Reverend William Wallis, Born In Birr, Offaly 1836. (2026-03-20)
- Union Soldiers John & Nicholas Connor. Brothers Who Died During the US Civil War. Their Family Originated In Birr, County Offaly. (2025-12-12)
- John Renehan – Born In County Offaly, Ireland. Part Of The Union Garrison At Fort Sumter On Friday 12th April 1861. (2025-11-07)
- Thanks To Everyone Who Has Made Contact With Us, Helping To Add Vital Information To The Stories of Forgottten Offaly Soldiers – US Civil War 1861-1865. (2025-09-12)
- Edward Doyle, An Offaly Man Who Served In The US Army From 1850 To 1890. (2025-06-10)
- Offaly’s Darkest Day Of The US Civil War? 2nd July 1863 At The Battle Of Gettysburg (2025-05-09)
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Available Details
| Name | James Moore |
| Alt’ Name | John Moore |
| Location/ Birthplace | Birr |
| Born | 1842 |
| Baptism Record | |
| Year of Death | 1864 |
| Grave Location | Andersonville Prison Pvt James Moore (unknown-1864) – Find a Grave Memorial Andersonville Prison – Wikipedia |
| US State | Pennsylvania |
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| Army | Union Union army – Wikipedia |
| Military History | Imprisoned at Andersonville Prison & Died at Andersonville in 1864 |
| US Army Details | 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment |
| Other Details | In the diary of Michael Dougherty he makes reference to the death of a John Moore from his company at Andersonville Prison diary, of Michael Dougherty, late Co. B, 13th., Pa., cavalry. While confined in Pemberton, Barrett’s, Libby, Andersonville and other southern prisons. Sole survivor of 127 of his regiment captured the same time, 122 dying in Andersonville : Dougherty, Michael : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |
Diary of Michael Dougherty, Andersonville


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