Last updated: June 18, 2026
Person
Ward, Moses
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Quick Facts
Significance:
Private 110th Illinois Infantry, Company F
Place of Birth:
Franklin County, Illinois
Date of Birth:
1840
Place of Death:
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Date of Death:
December 31st, 1862
Place of Burial:
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Cemetery Name:
Hazen's Brigade Cemetery
| Moses Ward was born in Franklin County, Illinois, in 1840, according to the 1860 US Federal Census. Before his enlistment, he was living in Franklin County, Illinois, as a farmer alongside his wife Nancy and their children, Wilford and Eliza. Ward had enlisted with the Union Army on August 15, 1862, in Benton, Illinois. He had mustered out as a Private of the 110th Illinois Infantry, Company F. The 110th was involved in skirmishes in Illinois before moving towards the Battle of Stones River. During the Battle of Stones River, the 110th Illinois Infantry was a part of William Babcock Hazen’s brigade. During the first day of battle, Hazen had deployed his men in two ranks with the 41st Ohio on the left, and the 6th Kentucky on the right, with the 9th Indiana and 110th Illinois aligned a few paces behind them in support to protect the Round Forest. Amidst the attacks from the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Florida brigades, Hazen’s brigade was reinforced with men from Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood’s and Hascall’s divisions. With the reinforcements' help, these brigades held their position against four attacks throughout December 31st. According to the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, the men of the Hazen brigade, including the men of the 110th Illinois, would sleep where they had fought during the day in the extreme advance until the early dawn of the first day of January. Moses Ward died on the first day of the battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862. He is believed to be laid to rest in one of the two unknown graves in the Hazen’s Brigade Cemetery, however there are no records confirming this. |