Career
He was one of several men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during Lieutenant Colonel George Crook"s "winter campaign" against the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory during 1872 and 1873. Moses Orr was born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1847. He later emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the United States. Army in Philadelphia.
Orr was assigned to Company A of the 1st United States. Cavalry and took part in the Apache Wars during the 1870s.
He served under Lieutenant Colonel George Crook"s during his "winter campaign" against the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory during 1872 and 1873. He returned to Philadelphia after leaving the military and died there on May 10, 1897, at the age of 50.
Orr was buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery.