. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . ings. Col. Moran participated in all the cam-paigns of his regiment, until May 20, 1862. when he resigned hisoffice. His health had become so bad that he had to retire, and wasso worn down at the time, that he had to be hauleil in an ambulance toNew Creek, and it was weeks before he was able to reach his his return home. Gen. Jones, of the confederate army, made a raidthrough Fairmont and that part of the state, and Col. Moran did goodservice in the
. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . ings. Col. Moran participated in all the cam-paigns of his regiment, until May 20, 1862. when he resigned hisoffice. His health had become so bad that he had to retire, and wasso worn down at the time, that he had to be hauleil in an ambulance toNew Creek, and it was weeks before he was able to reach his his return home. Gen. Jones, of the confederate army, made a raidthrough Fairmont and that part of the state, and Col. Moran did goodservice in the defence made against the raider. After the war he was assessor of Internal Revenue for two years, andin 1875 was land commissioner for one-half of Marion county, to placea valuation on all real estate for taxation. In the spring of iS;6, hemoved to Platte county, Nebraska, of which he was elected county com-missioner one term, and since then his health has been so bad, that hehas declined to serve in any office, though often solicited by the peopleto do so. He is now living on his farm of 640 acres, greatly enfe«bledby ALEXANDER SCOTT, LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
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