As there is a piece of him in the Confederate Veteran Magazine of 1921, Vol. 29, one would assume his later service was honorable.
I do not possess a copy of that Volume.
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Porter Moore
Enlisted as a Sergeant
"B" Co. MO 12th Infantry
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P L. Moore
Residence Ripley County MO; 29 years old.
Enlisted on 7/28/1862 at Ripley County, MO as a Private.
On 7/28/1862 he mustered into "B" Co. MO 3rd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
Other Information:
born 5/8/1833
died 10/6/1920 in Commerce, TX
After the War he lived in Commerce, TX
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Veteran Magazine**
** Title Moore, P. L. ,Gen. note Born: May 8, 1833, Pike County, Missouri. Note Service Unit: 3rd Missouri Regiment Infantry, Company B. Note Confederate Veteran: v. 29, p. 69.
Subject - Personal Moore, P. L. , d. October 6, 1920.
Subject - Topical Veterans -- Virginia.
Subject -Geographic Virginia -- History -- Civil War,1861-1865.
Added Entry Library of Virginia. Archives.
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Porter Moore, 2nd Sergeant, Company B, White's Regiment Missouri Volunteers,* enlisted July 28, 1862 in Oregon County, Mo. by T. Turner for 3 years, deserted December 28, 1862, no further records
Note: This record is found within the records of the 12th Missouri Infantry. There are no records in the file for the 3rd or 9th Missouri Infantry regiments
* This regiment was successively designated as 3rd (also known as White's) Regiment Missouri Infantry, 9th (also known as Ponder;s) Regiment Missouri Infantry and 12th Regiment Missouri Infantry
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2nd Lieutenant George W. Brown, Co. B, 12th Missouri
Deserted December 28, 1862 on march
engaged in the Battle of Prairie Grove December 7, 1862. Marched back to Van Buren
At Yelville, Ark. December 31