AMASA and THOMAS MOORE -- 1st ENGINEERSPETER MOORE -- 153rd INFANTRYALL RETURNED FROM THE WAR - Alexander Moore from County Tyrone, Irelandand Ann Carey, his wife, born in County Waterford, had three sons in theCivil War. The family had a farm in Ellenburg, and it is from here thatthe boys left to go to war -- Thomas in 1861 for the 1st Engineers,Peter in 1863 for the 153rd Infantry, and Amasa in 1864 for the 1stEngineers.All managed to fulfill the terms of their service and they all returnedhome without injury. Peter was captured at the Battle of Cedar Creek inOctober of 1864 but was soon paroled. All mustered out in the South.Amasa and Thomas were mustered out at Hilton Head, SC, in July 1865 andPeter was mustered out 30 miles down the coast at Savannah, GA.Alexander died in 1879 and was buried in the Ellenburg Corners Cemetery.Amasa joined him there in 1924. After his father died, Thomas and hisfamily moved to Friend, NE, about 45 miles west of Lincoln, and hismother, Ann, went to live with them. They are both buried in St.Joseph's Cemetery there. She was buried in 1890 and he was buried in1917. Peter was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Ellenburg Centerafter he died in 1915.
