December 16, 1861 – Death and Burial of Capt. Mark L. Moore
On Saturday morning, 14th inst., at half-past 7 o’clock, Capt. Mark L. Moore, of the Bienville Guards, stationed on the peninsula in Virginia, departed this life at his residence in this city, in the 31st year of his ago. Capt. Moore contracted a complication of diseases while in service and exposed to camp life, from which he sought relief by furlough, and returned to his home. But the insiduous destroyer had marked his victim, and despite the most skillful medical attendance, and the unceasing watchfulness and attentions of a devoted wife and friends, he lingered for weeks uncomplainingly till death terminated his sufferings and gave the emaciated frame the last most still and solemn repose.