Death and Legacy
In September 1862 during the American Civil War, Wisner worked to raise the 22nd Michigan Infantry and was commissioned a colonel, but was stricken with typhoid fever while en route to the regiment's deployment. He died at the age of 47 in a private home near Lexington, Kentucky, and left behind his wife, Angeolina Hascall, the daughter of General C. C. Hascall, of Flint, Michigan, and four children.
Moses Wisner is interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontiac.
Wisner's Greek Revival-Style mansion in Pontiac, now called the Moses and Angeolina Hascall Wisner House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This site is now a museum and cultural center, and it hosts occasional social gatherings including weddings and ice cream socials.
Wisner Township, Michigan, in Tuscola County is named after Moses Wisner. Wisner Stadium, a football stadium located in Pontiac, Michigan, is also named for Wisner.
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