Mark A. Moore

Mark A. Moore (born April 5, 1966) is a writer and historian, and a graduate of East Carolina University. He has published books, articles, and numerous maps in the field of Civil War military history. Moore has researched and created maps for well known authors and historians, including Steven E. Woodworth, Brian Pohanka, D. Scott Hartwig, John Coski, Lesley J. Gordon, William J. Miller, Terry L. Jones, William S. Powell, Mark L. Bradley, Chris Fonvielle, and many others. Moore's work has been published by Da Capo Press (Cambridge & New York), UNC Press (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), North & South Magazine, and others. In addition to publishing, Moore has done map work for museums and historic sites.

In Civil War circles, he is best known for his research, writing, and maps related to the Battle of Bentonville. Moore's book on Fort Fisher explores the physical parallels between the Confederacy's largest fort and the defenses at Sevastopol (including the Malakoff Tower) during the Crimean War, as well as the military campaigns to capture Wilmington, North Carolina in 1865, and the . (See also Wilmington, North Carolina, in the Civil War)

Moore's mapwork and writing have been praised and supported by legendary historian Ed Bearss, Andrew Lambert, and other academics and journalists.

Moore is also a writer and researcher on topics related to songwriter-arranger-producer Jan Berry and Jan & Dean. He has served as a consultant for Jan & Dean related topics on the A&E Network Biography series, MOJO magazine, and other publications.

Moore has written articles for Dumb Angel Magazine and Endless Summer Quarterly (ESQ), and is working on a number of major Jan & Dean related projects. In addition to researching a major biography, he is also co-producing (and playing on) a in collaboration with Cameron Michael Parkes and a number of guest artists. Guests on the project include P. F. Sloan, , Jill Gibson, and others. (Jan passed away in March 2004).

Moore also designed the first official Website for Jan Berry's former girlfriend and songwriting partner, Jill Gibson. Jill was a brief member of The Mamas & the Papas, and was an official photographer at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Today, Jill is an accomplished and well-known sculptor and portrait artist.

Moore has written music for advanced marching percussion, including material for Imperial Percussion Theater, of Houston, Texas.

Books, articles, and liner notes by Mark A. Moore

2007
: • "Rainy Days in a Carnival of Sound: The Lost Renaissance of Jan & Dean." Endless Summer Quarterly (Fall 2007).

2006
: • "Information Technology." In The Encyclopedia of North Carolina, edited by William S. Powell. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.

2005
: • "'A Righteous Trip': In the Studio with Jan Berry." Dumb Angel Gazette #4: All Summer Long, 2005. With full-color illustrations. (Full-length version available on the official Web site for Jan Berry: www.jananddean-janberry.com (Jan & Dean).

2004
: • "Jan Berry 101: A Study in Composition — with Bach, Old Ladies, and Bats." Endless Summer Quarterly (Summer 2004). 3,300-word essay. (Jan & Dean)

: • "Gotta Take That One Last Ride." Liner notes for the Jan Berry Memorial Edition of Second Wave (Jan's solo album from 1997), April 2004. (Jan & Dean)

: • Introduction to Liner Notes. A Tribute to Brian Wilson. Cameron Michael Parkes. Varese Sarabande Records, 2004. (Brian Wilson)

2003
: • "Bentonville: A Bold and Unexpected Attack." Hallowed Ground. Vol. 4 No. 3, Fall 2003. (Civil War) (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • "Fred Olds," Confederate Centennial Commission," "Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission," "Architectural Surveys," and "Queen Anne's Revenge." In Ansley Herring Wegner's "History for All the People": 100 Years of Public History in North Carolina. Raleigh: N.C. Office of Archives & History, 2003.

2002
: • "Former Springsteen Band Mate Rocks the Triangle (Robbin Thompson). Raleigh Music. September 7, 2002.

: • "A Star for Jan & Dean" (Pamphlet commissioned by William L. Berry for Hollywood Walk of Fame Application). April 2002.

2001
: • "Richard, Galactica, and Jan Berry." BattlestarGalactica.com. Site owned by , July 2001.

2000
: • "'New York Was Another Planet': Edna Ferber and the Origins of the Novel Showboat." Research Branch. N.C. Office of Archives & History, 2000.

: • "The Road to Bentonville." N.C. Office of Archives & History, 2000. (Civil War) (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

1999
: • "A Brief Biography of Thomas Wolfe." N.C. Office of Archives & History, 1999.

: • The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher. New York & Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 1999. (Originally published by Savas, Mason City, Iowa). (Civil War) (Fort Fisher)

1997
: • The Battle of Bentonville. New York & Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 1997. (Originally published by Savas, Campbell, California). (Civil War) (Battle of Monroe's Crossroads) (Battle of Averasborough) (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

Book reviews written by Mark A. Moore

: • "Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage." North Carolina Historical Review. January 2003. (Civil War) (Battle of Gettysburg)

: • "Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862." North Carolina Historical Review. July 2001. (Civil War) (Battle of Antietam)

: • "Bluegrass Confederate: The Headquarters Diary of Edward O. Guerrant." North Carolina Historical Review. July 2000. (Civil War)

: • "Singular Devotion and a Compound of Incongruities: Bryan Grimes and Thomas L. Clingman of North Carolina." Double review, North Carolina Literary Review. No. 8, 1999. (Civil War) (See also Thomas Lanier Clingman)

Works containing maps and plans researched and/or drawn by Mark A. Moore

2008
: • Bradley, Mark L. Bluecoats & Tar Heels. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2008.

2007
: • McIlvenna, Noeleen. "Espape through the Great Dismal Swamp." Tar Heel Junior Historian.Vol. 47, No. 1 (Fall 2007).

: • Zehmer, John G. Jr. Hayes: The Plantation, Its People, and Their Papers (hardback). Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Office of Archives & History, 2007.

: • The Rutherford Expedition, 1776. Official Brochure. North Carolina Office of Archives & History, 2007. (See also Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

: • La Vare, David. "Inter-Connected." Our State (January 2007).

2006
: • Powell, William S., ed. The Encyclopedia of North Carolina. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006). 22 maps.

: • Umfleet, LeRae S. (Wilmington Race Riot Commission) 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Report. (Research Branch, North Carolina Office of Archives & History). National News Story: NPR, Washington Post, New York Times, etc.

2005
: • Daniels, Dennis. "The Loss of a Town." Tar Heel Junior Historian. North Carolina Museum of History (Spring 2005).

: • Walker, James L., Jr. Rebel Gibraltar. Wilmington, N.C.: Dram Tree Books, 2005 (several maps reprinted from Chris Fonvielle's Wilmington Campaign. See entry below).

2004
: • Wood, Bradford J. "Politics and Authority in Colonial North Carolina: A Regional Perspective." North Carolina Historical Review (January 2004).

: • Myers, Christopher. "White Freedom Schools: The White Academy Movement in Eastern North Carolina, 1954-1973." The North Carolina Historical Review (Ocober 2004).

2003
: • Mobley, Joe A., ed. The Way We Lived in North Carolina (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2003). 28 maps.

: • Moore, Mark A. "Bentonville: 'A Bold and Unexpected Attack.'" Hallowed Ground (Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 2003). FULL COLOR CAMPAIGN & BATTLE MAPS. (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • Bradley, Mark L. "Gen. William P. Carlin and the Nightmare of Bentonville." North & South (Vol. 6, No. 2, February 2003). FULL COLOR BATTLE MAP. (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • —. "Willie Hardee and the Confederates' Last Hurrah at Bentonville." Hallowed Ground (Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 2003). FULL COLOR BATTLE MAP. (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • Turner, Walter. Paving Tobacco Road: A Century of Progress by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (Raleigh: North Carolina Office of Archives & History, 2003).

: • Combs, Edwin L. III. "Trading in Lubberland: Maritime Commerce in Colonial North Carolina." The North Carolina Historical Review (January 2003).

2002
: • Moore, Mark A. Fort Fisher State Historic Site. OFFICIAL TOUR MAP. (Kure Beach, N.C.: 2002). (Fort Fisher)

: • Blair, Dan. "'One Good Port': Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina, 1863-1864." North Carolina Historical Review (July 2002).

: • Carbone, John S. The Civil War in Coastal North Carolina. OVERVIEW FOR GENERAL READERS. (Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Office of Archives & History, 2002).

: • "Rainy Day Activities." Wrightsville Beach Magazine (Vol. 2, No. 7, July 2002).

: • Rifenburg, Lori Sanderlin, ed. Fort Fisher: Gateway of the South (Kure Beach, N.C.: Fort Fisher Restoration Committee, 2002). (Fort Fisher)

1999
: • Moore, Mark A. The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher (New York: Da Capo, 1999). 52 maps by Moore. (Fort Fisher)

: • Chapman, John M. "Comanches on the Warpath: The 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 6, No. 3, 1999). (Battle of Gettysburg)

: • Cunningham, Steven A. and Beth A. White. "The Ground Trembled as they Came: The 1st West Virginia Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 6, No. 3, 1999). (Battle of Gettysburg)

: • Fonvielle, Chris E. Fort Anderson: Battle for Wilmington (Mason City, Ia.: Savas, 1999). (See Wilmington, North Carolina, in the Civil War)

: • Janssens, Jean-Claude, ed. "La Dernière Charge de l'Armée du Tennessee." C.H.A.B. News. Confederate Historical Association of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium: Vol. 26, No. 4, 1999). (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • Jones, Terry L. "Twice Lost: The 8th Louisiana Volunteers' Battle Flag at Gettysburg." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 6, No. 3, 1999). (Battle of Gettysburg)

: • Marshall, R. Jackson III. Memories of World War I: North Carolina Doughboys on the Western Front (Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1999).

: • Newton, Steven H. Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond (University Press of Kansas, 1999).

: • Ragan, Mark K. Union and Confederate Submarine Warfare in the Civil War (Mason City, Ia.: Savas, 1999).

1998
: • Bradley, Mark L., ed. "Two Confederate Views of Bentonville: The Official Report of Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton and a Reminiscence of Col. Henry G. Bunn." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 6, No. 1, 1998). (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • Fonvielle, Chris E. "'Making the Obstinate Stand': The Battle of Town Creek and the Fall of Wilmington." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 6, No. 1, 1998). (See Wilmington, North Carolina, in the Civil War)

: • Pula, James S. "Battle in the Swamp: William Cogswell's Brigade at the Battle of Averasboro." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 6, No. 1, 1998). (Battle of Averasborough) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • Hartley, Chris J. "'Like an Avalanche': George Stoneman's 1865 Cavalry Raid." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 6, No. 1, 1998).

1997
: • Moore, Mark A. The Battle of Bentonville (New York: Da Capo, 1997). 40 maps by Moore. (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • Bell, Mark E. "A Day at the Races: The First Virginia (U.S.) Infantry at the Battle of Philippi." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 4, 1997).

: • Bova, Gregory D. "Ship Island: The Unwanted Key to the Confederacy." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 4, 1997).

: • Fonvielle, Chris E. Last Rays of Departing Hope: The Wilmington Campaign (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1997). 32 campaign and tactical battle maps by Moore. A History Book Club Selection. (Fort Fisher) (See also Wilmington, North Carolina, in the Civil War)

: • Hartwig, D. Scott. "Morning Battle at Fox's Gap, September 14, 1862." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997). (Battle of South Mountain) (Battle of Antietam)

: • Mellott, David W. "'A Dear Bought Name': The 7th West Virginia Infantry's Assault on Bloody Lane ." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997). (Battle of Antietam)

: • Miller, William J., ed. The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: Yorktown to the Seven Days, Volume 3 (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1997).

: • O'Neill, Robert. "Federal Cavalry Operations in the Peninsula Campaign," in William J. Miller, ed. The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: Yorktown to the Seven Days Volume 3 (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1997). (Peninsula Campaign)

: • Otott, George E. "Clash in the Cornfield: The 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry in the Maryland Campaign ." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997). (Battle of Antietam)

: • Patrick, Jeffrey L., ed. "Remembering the Missouri Campaign of 1861: The Memoirs of Lieutenant William P. Barlow, Guibor's Battery, Missouri State Guard." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 4, 1997).

: • Pohanka, Brian C., ed. "With the Fire Zouaves at First Bull Run: The Narrative of Private Arthur O. Alcock, 11th New York Volunteer Infantry." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 4, 1997). (First Battle of Bull Run)

: • Watson, Ronald, ed. From Ashby to Andersonville: The Civil War Diary and Reminiscences of Private George A. Hitchcock, 21st Massachusetts Infantry (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1997). (Andersonville prison)

: • Woodworth, Steven E. "Dark Portents: Confederate Command at the Battle of Williamsburg," in William J. Miller, ed. The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: Yorktown to the Seven Days Volume 3 (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1997). (Peninsula Campaign)

1996
: • Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1996). 36 campaign and tactical battle maps by Moore. A History Book Club Selection. (Battle of Monroe's Crossroads) (Battle of Averasborough) (Battle of Bentonville) (Carolinas Campaign)

: • Coski, John M. Capital Navy: The Men, Ships, and Operations of the James River Squadron (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1996). (James River Squadron)

: • —, ed. "The 14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, by Sgt. Robert T. Mockbee." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 1, 1996).

: • —, ed. "Major Raleigh S. Camp's History of the 40th Georgia Infantry in the Vicksburg Campaign." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 5, No. 1, 1996). (Battle of Vicksburg)

: • O'Brien, Kevin E., ed. My Life in the Irish Brigade: The Civil War Memoirs of Private William McCarter, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry. (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1996). See

1995
: • Woodworth, Steven E., ed. Leadership and Command in the American Civil War (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1995).

: • —. "On Smaller Fields: Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard and the Bermuda Hundred Campaign. Confederate Veteran (1995). (Bermuda Hundred Campaign)

: • Armstrong, Marion V. "A Failure of Command? A Reassessment of the Generalship of Edwin V. Sumner and the Federal II Corps at the Battle of Antietam," in Steven E. Woodworth, ed. Leadership and Command in the American Civil War (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1995). (Battle of Antietam)

: • Franks, Edward Carr. "The Detachment of Longstreet Considered: Braxton Bragg, James Longstreet, and the Chattanooga Campaign," in Steven E. Woodworth, ed. Leadership and Command in the American Civil War (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1995). (Battle of Chattanooga)

: • Gordon, Lesley J. "The Seeds of Disaster: The Generalship of George E. Pickett After the Battle of Gettysburg," in Steven E. Woodworth, ed. Leadership and Command in the American Civil War (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1995). (Battle of Gettysburg)

: • Hafendorfer, Kenneth A., ed. "The Kentucky Campaign Revisited: Major General Simon B. Buckner's Unpublished After-Action Report on the Battle of Perryville." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 4, No. 3, 1995). (Battle of Perryville)

: • Mertz, Gregory A. "'A Severe Day on all the Artillery': Stonewall Jackson's Artillerists and the Defense of the Confederate Right ." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 4, No. 4, 1995). (Battle of Fredericksburg)

: • Miller, Richard F. and Robert F. Mooney. "'Across the River and into the Streets': The 20th Massachusetts Infantry and the Street Fight for Fredericksburg." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 4, No. 4, 1995). (Battle of Fredericksburg)

: • O'Brien, Kevin E., ed. "'The Breath of Hell's Door': Private William McCarter and the Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 4, No. 4, 1995). (Battle of Fredericksburg)

: • O'Reilly, Frank A. "'Busted Up and Gone to Hell': The Assault of the Pennsylvania Reserves at Fredericksburg." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 4, No. 4, 1995). (Battle of Fredericksburg)

: • Preston, David L. "'The Glorious Light Went Out Forever': The Death of Brig. Gen. Thomas R. R. Cobb ." Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War (Vol. 4, No. 4, 1995). (Battle of Fredericksburg)

: • Thomas, Samuel N. Jr., and Jason H. Silverman, eds. A Rising Star of Promise: The Civil War Odyssey of David Jackson Logan, 17th South Carolina Volunteers, 1861-1864 (Campbell, Cal.: Savas, 1995).

Exhibits featuring maps researched and drawn by Mark A. Moore

: • Battle of Bentonville, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site (2002). FULL COLOR BATTLE MAPS

: • Roadside Battlefield Exhibits, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site (March 2005). FULL COLOR BATTLE MAPS

: • North Carolina Civil War Trails Marker (Hannah's Creek), Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site — full-color battle map

: • Fort Anderson. Brunswick Town / Fort Anderson State Historic Site — full-color structure map (2003)

Online maps by Mark A. Moore

North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial

: • Campaign, Battle, and Structure Maps

Battle of Bentonville - From Roadside Exhibits on the Battlefield (Tour Stops)

: • Confederate High Tide - March 19, 1865: 4:30 p.m. - Dark. The final Confederate attacks on the first day of battle — Morris Farm and South of the Goldsboro Road.

: • Union Artillery - March 19, 1865: Late Afternoon - Dark. Union defense of the Morris Farm, including positions of the XX Corps artillery. Also includes final actions south of the Goldsboro Road on the first day of battle.

: • Cole's Plantation - March 19, 1865: 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Main charge of the Confederate Army of Tennessee and Taliaferro's Division, including the rout of Carlin's Union division and Fearing's counterattack.

: • Hoke's Attack - March 19, 1865: 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Attack of Hoke's Confederate division on Morgan's Union position south of the Goldsboro Road. Also includes elements of the Army of Tennessee in rear of Morgan, and the advance of Cogswell's Union brigade.

: • Morgan's Stand - March 19, 1865: 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Morgan's struggle to maintain position south of the Goldsboro Road. Includes attack of Hoke's Confederate division, elements of the Army of Tennessee in rear of Morgan, and the advance of Cogswell's Union brigade.

: • N.C. Junior Reserves - March 19-20, 1865. First position at Cole's Farm on March 19, and change of position on March 20, 1865. Also includes approach of the Union Right Wing, with overview of maneuvers on March 20.

: • Mower's Charge - March 21, 1865: 12:00 p.m. - Dark. Advance of Mower's Union division toward the village of Bentonville and Mill Creek Bridge, with positions of Fuller's and Tillson's brigades. Also includes a portion of the extended engagement between the Confederate Hoke-McLaws line and the Union Right Wing.

: • Hardee's Counterattack - March 21, 1865: Mid-Afternoon - Dark. Confederate counterattack on Mower's Union division, showing defense of Mill Creek Bridge and flood of reserves to the Confederate left flank. Also includes a portion of the extended engagement between the Confederate Hoke-McLaws line and the Union Right Wing.

Fort Fisher - Wilmington Campaign

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: • Area Map

: • Bombardment of Fort Fisher

: • Opposing Lines on Federal Point

: • Attack of Federal Sailors and Marines

: • Federal Infantry Attack

: • Advance of Abbott's Brigade

: • Surrender at Battery Buchanan

Moore served as a consultant for the Fiber-Optic Battle Map Exhibits at Bentonville Battlefield and Fort Fisher State Historic Sites.

The Way We Lived in North Carolina

: • Historical Maps - 26 maps by Mark A. Moore

Articles about Mark A. Moore

: • Jarvis, Craig. "Raleigh Historian Sustains '60s Icon." The News & Observer. Raleigh, N.C. April 18, 2004. (Jan Berry) (Jan & Dean) (The News & Observer)

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