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Rh, and, adopting the law as his profession, was engaged in the practice at his native town until 1857, when he removed to Berryville, where he remained until the presage of war led to the memorable ordinance of secession in 1861. He had become a member of a military company, organized at Berryville, in 1859, upon the occasion of the first invasion of the State, and, as first lieutenant of this command, he went into service immediately after the ordinance was passed, taking part in the occupation of Harper's Ferry. His company was subsequently assigned, as Company I, to the Second regiment of Virginia infantry, brigade of Gen. T. J. Jackson, and, at the first battle of Manassas, shared in winning for men and commander the glorious title of "Stonewall." Then being promoted captain, he led his company through the campaign of 1862 in the Shenandoah valley, receiving two slight wounds at Kernstown and taking part in the battles of McDowell, Winchester and Port Republic; and then, in northeastern Virginia, at the engagements of Cedar Mountain and Second Manassas. At the latter battle he was seriously wounded by a shot through the thigh, and on his recovery, was assigned to duty as assistant adjutant-general of the Second brigade of Jackson's old division. In this capacity he participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Mine Run, and entered the Wilderness campaign of 1864, but was again severely wounded in the first day's fighting. When he was able to return to duty he was appointed assistant inspector-general of the army of the Valley of Virginia, commanded by General Early, and served on the staff of that general in the battle at Winchester, September 19, 1864, and in October, 1864, he was promoted adjutant-general and chief of staff of Early's command. While upon General Early's staff he took part in the battles of Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek and Waynesboro. Since 1865 he has been engaged in the practice of law at Berryville, and occupies a prominent position at the bar. He was made judge of the county court of Clarke county, Va., January 1, 1894. He had the honor of being the first commander of J. E. B. Stuart camp, Confederate Veterans, at Berryville, and is now commander of the camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans at the same place. He was first married, December 12, 1850, to Miss Ellen G. Scollay, and by this union had one son, S. Scollay Moore, D. D., a clergyman of the Episcopal church, at Parkersburg, W. Va. By his subsequent marriage, February 16, 1858, to Miss Ellen Kownslar, he has one son, Lawson B. Moore, M. D., a physician of Frederick county, and five daughters.

Samuel R. Moore, of Lexington, Va., a gallant veteran of the Stonewall brigade, who has for several years efficiently served as treasurer of Rockbridge county, was born in that county in 1844. He was a student in Washington college at the outbreak of the war, and laid aside his books in June, 1861, to become a member of the Liberty Hall Volunteers, an organization which was mustered in as Company I of the Fourth Virginia infantry regiment. He served with the Fourth regiment at the Manassas battle of 1861, Kernstown, Port Republic and Winchester, of the Valley campaign of 1862, at Slaughter Mountain and Chantilly in the Second Manassas campaign, and at Sharpsburg, where he was shot in the head, and disabled in consequence until May, 1863.