INK-SIGNED FULL STANDING VIEW OF SERGEANT JOHN MOORE OF THE 29th MASS. VETERAN VOLUNTEERS

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This is a great full standing view of sergeant John Moore. This clean-shaven young man wears a civilian style jacket with military buttons and bold sergeant’s chevrons which reveal a fully buttoned vest underneath. His watch chain drapes atop his vest. He wears light trousers and rests his arm on an ornate chair. Below the image on the mount, Moore inscribed “Yours truly, John Moore Jr. / Sergt. Co. K 29th Mass. V. V.” in period ink.

The reverse shows a backmark which reads: “Proctor’s Room / East Boston / A.N. Proctor, C.W. Dodge.” A modern collector has written a note in pencil; it reads: “Wd. 8/9/64 / Petersburg, VA.”

Overall, the condition of this image is good. There is minor surface dirt throughout and a couple of smudges to note. Some of the mount’s border is fading, but this does not detract from the photograph. The reverse of the image shows the same surface dirt with one minor ink smudge above the backmark. There are no chips or tears to note.

John Moore of the 29th Massachusetts was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1844. According to census records, John’s younger brother William was born in Massachusetts two years later, allowing us to pinpoint his arrival in the United States sometime just after his birth and 1846. The family settled in East Boston, and John lived his entire life there.

Sergeant Moore enlisted in the 29th Mass. in August of 1862, and he served until muster out in July 1865 with the 29th (although there was a brief sojourn with the 36th Mass). Moore was wounded In August 1864 in the trenches at Petersburg, but little is known about his wounding. However, he was present on the rolls afterward so it mustn’t have been too bad.

Moore returned to East Boston after muster-out, married Mary Warnock, and had four  children: James, Mary, and Hugh, and Althea. John became a naturalized citizen in 1878 and remained in Boston until his passing. No death records could be found. [cla][ph:L]

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