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About Edwin Warren Moise
Redeemer Edwin Warren Moïse epitomizes the fierce allegiance Jewish South Carolinians felt for the Confederacy. Born in Charleston in 1832, he was brought up in Beth Elohim, where his father Abraham was a leader in the reform movement.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Moïse raised a company of cavalry, the Moïse Rangers. After the Confederate surrender he settled in Sumter and built a law practice. An ardent supporter of Wade Hampton and a commander of the Red Shirts—an armed militia opposed to Republican Reconstruction—he was elected adjutant general of the state in the riotous 1876 election. To this day family members revere Moïse and refer to him as “The General.”
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Lawyer, soldier, adjutant general. The descendant of a Sephardic Jewish family from Alsace and the French Caribbean, Moise was born on May 21, 1832, in Charleston, the son of Abraham Moise and Caroline Moses. He was a member of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, Charleston’s oldest synagogue, and was educated in local schools. As a young adult, Moise was employed as a clerk. On September 20, 1854, he married Esther Lyon of Petersburg, Virginia. The following year Moise went to work for his uncle Raphael J. Moses, a successful attorney and plantation owner in Columbus, Georgia. Moise ran his uncle’s flour mill, kept his books, and read the law.
Moise opposed secession and publicly argued against it. Nevertheless, when the Civil War came he volunteered for Confederate service. In May 1862 he organized a cavalry company in Columbus. Called the Moise Rangers, it was one of only a few companies named for Jewish Confederates. Moise was named captain of the Rangers that became Company A of Claiborne’s Seventh Confederate Cavalry. The Seventh served in the southeastern corner of Virginia and in North Carolina. Moise saw a great deal of action in late 1864 and early 1865, including foraging expeditions, the defense of Petersburg during the Bermuda Hundred campaign, the “Great Beefsteak Raid” under General Wade Hampton, and the Battle of Bentonville. He surrendered with Hampton at Greensboro, North Carolina.
After the war, Moise returned to Sumter. He went into law, politics, farming, and journalism. During Reconstruction, Moise was a conservative Democrat and a bitter opponent of the Reconstruction government. In 1876 he enthusiastically supported Wade Hampton, his former commander, for governor and ran for adjutant general on Hampton’s ticket, winning that race. Moise was also a commander of the Red Shirts, an armed volunteer organization that supported Hampton.
After being elected adjutant general, Moise commanded the militia in an evenhanded manner. Like Hampton, Moise was a moderate on racial issues. He invited black South Carolinians to join the militia. He served two terms as adjutant general, from 1876 to 1880. An opponent of Benjamin R. Tillman, Moise was defeated in an 1892 race for Congress.
In 1902, at the memorial service for Hampton in Sumter, Moise gave the oration. He died on December 12, 1902, and was buried in Sumter.
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Edwin Warren Moise's Timeline
| 1832 |
May 21, 1832
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Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States
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| 1855 |
June 14, 1855
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Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
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| 1857 |
April 11, 1857
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Esquiline Hill, GA, United States
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| 1858 |
December 13, 1858
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Esquiline Hill, GA, United States
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| 1861 |
February 28, 1861
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Hopewell Farms, GA, United States
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| 1863 |
February 7, 1863
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Hopewell Farms, GA, United States
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| 1866 |
February 20, 1866
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Hopewell Farm, GA, United States
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| 1868 |
January 16, 1868
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Sumter, Sumter, SC, United States
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| 1870 |
January 26, 1870
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Sumter, Sumter, SC, United States
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