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==Birth==
Moses Spaulding<ref name="Bernehistory">Bernehistory.org</ref> Wagoner was born in Berne<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref>, Albany County, NY in September of 1839<ref name="Bernehistory"/><ref name="1900Census">1900 US Census, New Scotland, Albany Co, NY</ref> to [[Elias Waggoner]] (B. 1816, D. after 1880) and [[Sally Ann Willsey]] (B. abt 1815, D. after 1880).<ref name="Bernehistory"/> He was the second oldest boy of eight children.<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1855Census">1855 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> His surname was often spelled Waggoner.

==Marriage & Children== 
In about 1894, he married Deborah E. Braman (B. 1847, D. Sept 10, 1919), who was the daughter of Charles Braman and Polly Slingerland.<ref name="Bernehistory"/><ref name="1900Census"/> His wife was known as Debbie. Moses and Debbie did not have any children.<ref name="1900Census"/>

==Occupation==
Moses worked as a farmer before he enlisted in the 7th Heavy Artillery Regiment<ref name="Carnival"/> and he continued in this profession for the remainder of his life.<ref name="USCensus">US Censuses</ref>



==Military Service==
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|Name:
|Moses Wagoner
|-
|Residence:
|
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|12 Aug 1862<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Westerlo, New York
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Regiment:
|'''[[7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="Reidsville Cemetery">Reidsville Cemetery Gravestones, Bernehistory.org</ref>
|-
|Company:
|Company K<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Reidsville Cemetery"/>
|-
|Wounded On:
|30 May 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Wounded At:
|Totopotomoy, VA<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Wounded On:
|20 Jun 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Wounded At:
|Petersburg, VA<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Discharged for Disability on:
|22 Feb 1865<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Discharged At:
|McClellan General Hospital, Philadelphia, PA<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|}
{|style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks: Enlisted at age 22.<ref name="Carnival"/> AKA Waggoner<ref name="Carnival"/> He was shot through his left hand<ref name="1890Census">1890 US Veterans Census, Rotterdam, Schenectady Co, NY</ref> On May 30, 1864.<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; [[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of New York For the Year 1897; Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998.
|}

==Life==
After Moses' service in the Civil War, he returned home to Albany County. He can be found in the 1870 census living in Bethlehem and working for Jacob Waley and his son Joseph.<ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Bethlehem, Albany Co, NY</ref> In 1880, he was living in Berne with his parents and siblings.<ref name="1880Census">1880 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> In the 1890 Veterans Census, he was recorded in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, NY more specifically Haynes, NY.<ref name="1890Census">1890 US Veterans Census, Rotterdam, Schenectady Co, NY</ref> This entry confirms a war injury where he was shot through the left hand and it also says that his discharge papers had been burned.<ref name="1890Census"/> Then in about 1894 he married Debbie and in 1900 is living with her and her older brother John W. Braman in New Scotland.<ref name="1900Census"/> There Moses is working as a farm laborer for John who owns the farm.<ref name="1900Census"/>

==Death==
Moses S. Wagoner died on March 8, 1902 at 62 years of age and was buried at Reidsville Cemetery in Reidsville, Albany County, NY.<ref name="Reidsville Cemetery">Reidsville Cemetery Gravestones, Bernehistory.org</ref> His gravestone there confirms his service in the Civil War.<ref name="Reidsville Cemetery"/> After his death, his wife Debbie applied for his Civil War pension on September 19th.<ref name="Pension">Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com</ref> Debbie died on September 10, 1919 at 72 years of age.<ref name="Reidsville Cemetery"/> She was buried at Reidsville Cemetery with her husband and her gravestone includes his name.<ref name="Reidsville Cemetery"/>

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