Young Marshall Moody (June 23, 1822 – September 18, 1866) was a Confederate States Army officer who was promoted to brigadier general near the end of the American Civil War.
[1][2][3] Young Marshall Moody entered Confederate States Army service as captain of Company A of the 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment on June 11, 1861.
[3][5] While Gracie was recovering from a wound, Moody supervised the transfer of the brigade to the Petersburg, Virginia, area where they served under the command of General P.G.T.
[3] On May 16, 1864, Moody was wounded in the right ankle at Drewry's Bluff during the Battle of Proctor's Creek, part of the Bermuda Hundred Campaign.
[1][2][3][4][5] Moody led the brigade until he was captured at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 8, 1865, the day before the surrender by General Robert E. Lee of the Army of Northern Virginia to Union Army forces led by Lieutenant General Ulysses S.