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Private · U.S. Army

Wilbur F. Moore

Private Wilbur F. Moore, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on December 16, 1864 in Nashville, Tennessee during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War December 16, 1864

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Private Wilbur F. Moore received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 16, 1864 in Nashville, Tennessee during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company C, 117th Illinois Infantry. Moore was about 24 years old.

15 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on February 22, 1865.

Moore was born in 1840 in Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois. Moore died on December 9, 1924, at the age of about 84. He is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.

Moore is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 210 credited to Illinois.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Captured the flag of a Confederate battery while far in advance of the Union lines.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. 1840
    Born in Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois
  2. December 16, 1864
    Act of valor — Nashville, Tennessee
    Age about 24. Company C, 117th Illinois Infantry
  3. February 22, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. December 9, 1924
    Died
    Age about 84.
  5. Resting place
    Forest Hills Cemetery
    Kansas City, Missouri

Also honored for actions on December 16, 1864

Marion T. Anderson Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Franklin Carr Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 OC Oliver Colwell First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 WG William Garrett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas Parke Gere First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1864 DH Daniel Irving Holcomb Private · Army Civil War · 1864 LK Luther Kaltenbach Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 WM William C. May Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Charles H. McCleary First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 JP James W. Parks Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 WS William Thomas Simmons First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 AS Andrew Jackson Sloan Private · Army Civil War · 1864

See all 16 recipients for December 16, 1864 →

More Civil War recipients from Illinois

WJ William P. Johnston Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Edward Burson Spalding Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 William W. Fraser Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EP Edward M. Pike First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 JD James Dunne Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Elisha Johns Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.