CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: JOHN C. MOORE. 

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 
JOHN C. MOORE

John C. Moore, of Mexia, was born in Hawkins county, Tenn., in 
1824.  He was educated at Emory and Henry College, Virginia, and 
at the United States Military Academy at West Point.  As a lieutenant
in the U. S. Army he saw much hard service on the frontier and was 
in numerous engagements against the Indians.  In 1855 he resigned 
his commission to engage in railroad engineering, and a year or 
two later was elected to a professorship in Shelby College, 
Kentucky, which position he was filling when the call to arms 
came.  In July 1861, at Galveston, he organized the 2nd Texas 
Infantry, of which he was chosen colonel, and led it with great 
gallantry at Shiloh, earning promotion to brigadier general.  He 
commanded a brigade with signal ability at Farmington, Iuka, 
Corinth, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.  When 
the war closed he resumed teaching in Texas and resided continuously 
in this state.Gen. Moore occupied a warm place in the affections of 
the Texan people.