Early Life
Moore was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to a family with a rich naval tradition. His grandfather and uncle had outstanding military records during the American Revolution. Moore attended the Alexandria Academy and was a classmate of Robert E. Lee.
Read more about this topic: Edwin Ward Moore
Famous quotes containing the words early and/or life:
“The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
“The imaginary audience for my life is growing small and silent.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)