Pvt. Wilbur Moore
Private Wilbur Fiske Moore was born on May 24, 1840. Moore was one of 15 men awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Nashville on Dec. 16, 1864 for participating
in the capture of a Confederate battery flag by charging up Shy's Hill, then known
as Compton's Hill, well ahead of his regiment and in advance of the Union lines. Moore
was personally awarded the Medal of Honor in Washington, D.C. by the Secretary of
War, Edwin M. Stanton, on Feb. 22, 1865. Only 1,520 Medals of Honor were awarded
by Congress during the Civil War. In 1900, Moore was living in Kansas City, Missouri
with his wide Emily. He passed away on Dec. 9, 1924 from pneumonia, a common illness
that at the time had no antibiotic treatment.