Moses Wright Hannon
Military Person
1827 – 1897
Who was Moses Wright Hannon?
Moses Wright Hannon was a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War. In August 1864, he was assigned to duty as an acting brigadier general by General John Bell Hood, subject to appointment by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and confirmation by the Confederate Senate. Although Hannon commanded a brigade in the cavalry corps of the Army of Tennessee and in Major General Joseph Wheeler's cavalry corps from June 1864 until the end of the war, he never was officially appointed by Jefferson Davis and confirmed by the Confederate Senate to brigadier general rank.
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1827
Baldwin County - Nationality
- Confederate States of America
- Died
- Jun 3, 1897
Leon County
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on July 23, 2013
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