Was the son of William Jonathan Moores and Martha "Patsy" Hamilton. At the onset of the Civil War Archibald & his brother James Alexander Moores (with 2 Scrivner stepbrothers) enlisted in the Union Army, 4th Kentucky Infantry. During the Battle of Stones River the 4th was detached from the main Army to chase Gen Joe Wheeler's confederate Cavalry in Ky. During Chickamauga The 4th Ky was positioned just to the right of the Longstreet's breakthrough and was scattered early in the final day of battle. Capt. Archibald Moores was knocked unconscious on Snodgrass and awoke to a Confederate standing over him demanding his sword. He was captured and imprisoned at Libby Prison for 15 months Richmond, Va.

After he married Sarah Harris in Estill Co, Ky. Sometime in the 1870's he moved to Missouri with hiswife & daughter Pattie Moores (Leonard). He died in Hannibal and buried somewhere in Pattonsburg, Mo.

His brother James was home on sick leave during Chickamauga but rejoined the regiment in time for it's advance on Atlanta in 1864. He also was captured at Newnan, Ga. The 2 Scrivner stepbrothers did not survive the war.

Hannibal, Mo. March 1, 1909

War Department Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen yours of February 25th at home will say in reply when we went in to the Battle of Chickamauga 1863 the Regiment between 4 and 5 hundred but up to the time we was ordered on the Ridge spoken of (Snodgrass Ridge) our loss had been very heavy in killed and wounded. I don't think we could have had more than 250 men or 300 at the most after we had taken position on the Ridge it must have been between 4 and 5 o' clock in the evening we held the Ridge until dark. I was wounded a little time before the Regiment retired from the Ridge I was taken down under the Hill to a log house and was captured was a prisoner for 15 months never saw the Regiment anymore until January 1865.

Yours Truly

Archibald Moores

Co. E. 4th Regiment Ky Vol. Inft.

Address – 515 Church St., Hannibal, Mo.