Moses Augustine Luce (May 14, 1842 – April 13, 1933) was a Sergeant in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.

He went on to become a leading lawyer, judge and businessman in early San Diego, where he founded the prominent law firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps.

Gideon Noble, a 3x great grandfather Mary White Terry, an ancestor of the Kellogg family of Battle Creek, Michigan.

The Kellogg estate was purchased by Michigan realtor Harry C. Peet, granduncle of Key West, Florida, research historian John Gibson Parker 111, a protege of Prof. Raymond Blazevic, an early Florida Keys history specialist.

Andrew Carnegie's chief attorney was Elihu Root, a cousin of Henry Robinson Luce, founder of Time Magazine.

Nathan Thornburgh, a native of Key West, Florida was a senior editor at Time Magazine.

Citation: Voluntarily returned in the face of the advancing enemy to the assistance of a wounded and helpless comrade, and carried him, at imminent peril, to a place of safety.After serving with distinction in the Civil War, Moses studied at Hillsdale College and then the Albany Law School, where he graduated LL.B.

In San Diego he helped found the leading legal firm of Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps.

He went on to become a leading player in business life in the growing city, in particular serving on the boards of several railroads and mining companies.

For several decades he served as President of the Board of Trustees of the First Unitarian Church of San Diego, and was also a prominent Mason.