Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-03-29
81. laarys Ex-conssdsratss.

The St sIary's Ex-Confederate
Association met at the Court House,
Lconardtown, Monday, March 10,
1894, Capt. George Thomas in the
chair. After appropriate remarks
By the chairman, Judge j. Parran
Crane read the following memorial
paper written BY Mr. John r. Duke
on
wA1REu E1AHc1s HoORE.
Mr- President and Gentlemen:
The subject Of this tribute Of res
pect, WARREN FRAxcrs MooRE,
pas bosp e l3elleview, this county,
on'ths lI17tli Or Uct0bsf, 1874. coii-
sequently, when he died. he was Is
years, 8 months and 16 days old.
His parents, soon after his birth,
moved to "Moore's Landing" over
looking the broad Potomac. Here
young Moore spent his early child
hood days, receiving the important
home education of morality and
religion, given by a kind and
affectionate mother, seconded by
a fond father. Here he attend
ed the public school of the neigh.
borhood until his parents removed
to Leonardtown and took charge Of
Moore's well-known hotel.
Here he spent his boyhood days in
"books or works or healthful play"
and attending the village public
school, thence to Gonzaga College,
q branch of Georgetown College. He
afterwards took q course of several
months at the Commercial College
of Baltimore, intending to qualify
himself for the mercantile life. 1t
was here, about the first of August,
1862, when the armies of the North
and South were in battle array,
shaking the very foundations of the
Republic that We met, and thence
forward, to the day of his death,
our lots were cast continuously to-
gether, whence an opportunity was
presented of studying the qualities
of his mind and heart.
We met at the old Fountain Ho-
tel.- where we mapped ont pro-
gramme for reaching home. No
one at that time could leave the
city by steamer without taking the
oath Of allegiance to the Union.
To avoid this we took the cars for
Annapolis, thence a carriage to Up
per Marlboro; from there wagon
to Fairhaven, where we met Pa
tuxent boat for home. We were
joined on this memorable trip by
fve other gentlemen fleeing the
oath. The gallant Captain of the
"Bessie Jones" and one other are
all that now remain of the number.
Young Moore remained with his
parents for few days, when, with
a number of young gentlemen of
the county, crossed the Potomac
for Richmond, among the number
being William A. Fenwick, F. X.
Simms, Willie Simms, Charles J.
Foxwell, Edgar Combs, Henry
Ford and Whitingham Hammett.
Arriving safely in Richmond we
found hundreds from our good old
county willing and anxious to aid
and join the Confederate cause.
In few days we formed a com :
pany, electing j. Parran Crane,
Captain; John III. Stone, 1st Lieu
tenant; Charles B. Wise, End Lieu
tenant, and James Ii. Wilson, 3rd
Lieutenant The company num-
bered sixty odd members.
After drilling a week or two at
Camp Winder, near Richmond, we
were ordered to Winchester, via
Charlottesville. From this place to
the destined point was our maiden
march, and young Moore proved to
be as good as the best in this, the
most laborious part of war.
We remained in and around Win
chester two or three months, drill
ling, doing camp duty, picketing
the different roads leading into the
city and oftentimes acting as Pro-
vost guard. In all these arduous
duties young Moore always perform
ed his part, not only faithfully, but
cheerfully.
The Maryland Battalion, with
Jones's cavalry, held this Part Of
the Valley until the 18th day or
December, 1862: when Lee and
Burnside fought the battle of Fred
ericksburg. On account Of the en-
emy moving up the Valley in force,
we had to evacuate Winchester.