# Jonathan Baker Moore

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For others of the same name, see [Jonathan Moore](/source/Jonathan_Moore_(disambiguation)).

**Jonathan Baker Moore** (March 16, 1825 – February 8, 1889) was an [American](/source/Americans) businessman, politician, and [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin) pioneer. He served one term in the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly), representing [Grant County](/source/Grant_County,_Wisconsin), and was a [Union Army](/source/Union_Army) officer during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War).

## Biography

Moore was born on March 16, 1825, in [Posey County, Indiana](/source/Posey_County,_Indiana). In 1837, he and his family moved to [Muscoda, Wisconsin](/source/Muscoda,_Wisconsin).[1] Moore died of a [stroke](/source/Stroke) on February 8, 1889, in [Wauwatosa, Wisconsin](/source/Wauwatosa,_Wisconsin), and is buried in [Lancaster, Wisconsin](/source/Lancaster,_Wisconsin). His entire estate was left to his wife, Christiana.

## Political career

Moore was Constable of [Platteville, Wisconsin](/source/Platteville,_Wisconsin), from 1849 to 1852 and Clerk of Platteville in 1853. He was elected to the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) in 1860 as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))[2] and as Sheriff of [Grant County, Wisconsin](/source/Grant_County,_Wisconsin), in 1861.

## Military career

During the Civil War, Moore was appointed [colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_States)) of the Union Army's [33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](/source/33rd_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment) on October 18, 1862.[3] He and the regiment later took part in the [Red River Campaign](/source/Red_River_Campaign), the [Vicksburg Campaign](/source/Vicksburg_Campaign), the [Battle of Tupelo](/source/Battle_of_Tupelo), the [Battle of Atlanta](/source/Battle_of_Atlanta), the [Battle of Nashville](/source/Battle_of_Nashville), and the [Battle of Spanish Fort](/source/Battle_of_Spanish_Fort). Moore was mustered out of the volunteers on August 9, 1865.[3] On February 18, 1865, [President](/source/President_of_the_United_States) [Abraham Lincoln](/source/Abraham_Lincoln) nominated Moore for appointment to the grade of [brevet](/source/Brevet_(military)) [brigadier general](/source/Brigadier_general_(United_States)) of volunteers to rank from that date, and the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) confirmed the appointment on March 3, 1865.[4] On January 13, 1866, President [Andrew Johnson](/source/Andrew_Johnson) nominated Moore for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 26, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.[4][5]

## References

1. ["General Jonathan B. Moore"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080515153031/http://www.33wis.com/articles/pdf/moore.pdf). 33d Regiment - Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Archived from [the original](http://www.33wis.com/articles/pdf/moore.pdf) on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

1. ["Election in Grant County"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11734526/jonathan_baker_moore_18251889/). *The Daily Milwaukee News*. November 17, 1859. p. 1. Retrieved June 17, 2017. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. Eicher, John H., and [David J. Eicher](/source/David_J._Eicher), *Civil War High Commands.* Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 395.

1. Eicher, 2001, p. 753.

1. Eicher lists both brevet confirmations on page 753 but only the second one on page 395. Precedent had established that an officer could only receive a brevet appointment once to the same grade. Eicher does not explain the unusual, if not unique, second nomination and confirmation to the same grade in the same force (volunteers). It presumably would have been unnecessary unless a defect existed in the first appointment or would have served no purpose if an earlier appointment had been properly made and confirmed.

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