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Jonathan B. Moore
Jonathan B. Moore
Sheriff of Grant County, Wisconsin
	In office; January 7, 1861 – January 5, 1863
Preceded by	William H. Foster
Succeeded by	N. Goodenough
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Grant 3rd district
	In office; January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
Preceded by	Jesse Waldorf
Succeeded by	Hanmer Robbins
Personal details
Born	March 16, 1825; Posey County, Indiana, U.S.
Died	February 8, 1889 (aged 63); Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Christiana Wiley (died 1898)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Volunteers; Union Army
Years of service	1862–1865
Rank	Colonel, USV; Brevet Brig. General, USV;
Commands	33rd Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War Vicksburg Campaign; Battle of Nashville; Red River Campaign; Mobile Campaign;

Jonathan Baker Moore (March 16, 1825 – February 8, 1889) was an American businessman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Grant County, and was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.

Biography

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

Moore was Constable of Platteville, Wisconsin, from 1849 to 1852 and Clerk of Platteville in 1853. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1860 as a Republican^[2] and as Sheriff of Grant County, Wisconsin, in 1861.

During the Civil War, Moore was appointed colonel of the Union Army's 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on October 18, 1862.^[3] He and the regiment later took part in the Red River Campaign, the Vicksburg Campaign, the Battle of Tupelo, the Battle of Atlanta, the Battle of Nashville, and the Battle of Spanish Fort. Moore was mustered out of the volunteers on August 9, 1865.^[3] On February 18, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Moore for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from that date, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 3, 1865.^[4] On January 13, 1866, President 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]

^ "General Jonathan B. Moore" (PDF). 33d Regiment - Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
^ "Election in Grant County". The Daily Milwaukee News. November 17, 1859. p. 1. Retrieved June 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 395.
^ ^a ^b Eicher, 2001, p. 753.
^ 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.

Military offices
Regiment established	Command of the 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment October 18, 1862 – August 8, 1865	Regiment disbanded
Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by Jesse Waldorf	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Grant 3rd district January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861	Succeeded by Hanmer Robbins