Service Record: Also listed as Franklin. (He was probably named “Francis” and called “Frank,” which got translated into Franklin.) Company Descriptive Book: Franklin Moore; age 18; farmer, born Ohio County, W.Va.; enlisted at Sand Hill; died at Cumberland Md. Feby 20, 1863, cause Pneumonia.” Francis Moore, Drummer, joined for duty & enrolled Aug. 20, 1862 at Marshall Co.; mustered in Oct. 11, 1862 at Wheeling. Nov. & Dec. 1862: “Francis Moore sick in hospital at Cumberland.” “Died in hospital at Cumberland; cause Pneumonia Feb. 20, 1863.”

Buried as Franklin Moore at Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Despite age, which may have been overstated, and birthplace conflicts, there was a Francis Moore, 12, born in Maryland, in the 1860 census of Marshall County (Sand Hill) living in the home of Abram and Eliza (Baird) Marsh. Also in the Marsh home was their son, William Marsh, 22, and a house servant. George Marsh, another son of Abram and Eliza Marsh, served - and died - in Company “I” 15 W.Va. Infantry. - In any case, Francis/Franklin Moore enlisted at Sand Hill and died during the war.