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James Moore ( c. 1737 – c. April 15, 1777) was a Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War. Moore was born into a prominent political family in the colonial Province of North Carolina, he was one of only five generals from North Carolina to serve in the Continental Army. He spent much of his childhood and youth on his ...
James Moore (c. 1737 – c. April 15, 1777) was a Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War. Born into a prominent political family in North Carolina, he was one of only five generals from the state to serve in the Continental Army. Moore spent much of his childhood and youth on his family's estates in the lower Cape Fear River area, but soon became active in the colonial ...
James Moore ( c. 1737 – c. April 15, 1777) was a Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War. Moore was born into a prominent political family in the colonial Province of North Carolina, he was one of only five generals from North Carolina to serve in the Continental Army. He spent much of his childhood and youth on his ...
The Captain James Moore Pavilion, which stands adjacent to the meadow near the Preserve entrance, was erected by the Washington Crossing Park Commission in 1941. Moore, a 24-year-old officer with the New York Artillery, died Dec. 25, 1776, the day the Continental Army marched on Trenton. He is buried in the nearby soldiers’ memorial cemetery ...
James Moore (c. 1737 – c. April 15, 1777) was a Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War. Moore was born into a prominent political family in the colonial Province of North Carolina, he was one of only five generals from North Carolina to serve in the Continental Army. He spent much of his childhood and youth on his ...
Additionally, Moore's uncle, Colonel James Moore, was a military leader during the Yamasee War. Moore's nephew, Alfred Moore, served in the Continental Army under Moore's command, and would go on become an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Moore's niece, Mary, would later marry Moore's Continental Army colleague Francis Nash.
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In 1775, he was elected the first commander of a Continental Line regiment in North Carolina, which had been raised pursuant to instructions of the Continental Congress. After distinguishing himself in the campaign that led to the Patriot victory at the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, and the battle’s aftermath on February 27, 1776, Moore ...
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