John Creed Moore (February 28, 1824 – December 31, 1910) was a United States Army officer and a graduate of West Point.

[1] Shortly after the Civil War began Moore joined the Confederate States Army as a Captain and was sent to Galveston, Texas, where he became commander, to begin working on defensive fortifications.

[2] While in Galveston John Creed Moore was partially responsible for raising and training the 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment and was elected its colonel.

[1] Moore then participated in the Second Battle of Corinth where he forced the Union troops to retreat over a mile away from their original position.

[4] The request was denied and John Moore resigned his commission as a brigadier general in the Confederate service in February 1864.