returned to Galveston on July 14, and turned himself in at the port of Menard's Wharf, a hero to the people of Texas, and demanded a trial. Later years After the dissolution of the Texas Navy, Moore spent many years in prosecuting financial claims against Texas. In 1844, the Texas House of Representatives concluded that Moore was owed $26,510.41. He was paid, in installments, with the last payment coming in 1856. Moore married Emma Matilda Stockton Cox of Philadelphia in 1849. She was a distant cousin of Commodore Robert Stockton. In 1850, Moore and other officers petitioned the U.S. Navy to recognize their rank as officers with the Texas Navy. The House Naval Affairs Committee supported their claim, but the United States Supreme Court did not agree, holding that when Texas joined the Union, only property, and not human beings, belonged to the United States. On March 3, 1857, Congress finally closed the books on Moore and the other officers by granting them five years of back pay at the salaries of corresponding U.S. Navy officers. He was in New York City for a time attempting to perfect a machine to revolutionize marine engineering. His quarrel with Sam Houston over the justice of his suspension from the navy continued during Houston's term as U.S. Senator. In 1860, Moore returned to Galveston, where he built the Galveston Customhouse. Moore died in New York City on October 5, 1865, of apoplexy, and is buried in the Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Memorials Moore County in the Texas Panhandle is named for him. An exhibit honoring Moore is at the Window on the Plains Museum in Dumas, the county seat of Moore County. See also Texas Revolution References Sources Edwin Ward Moore in the Handbook of Texas Further reading Bauer, K. Jack, (1969). Surfboats and Horse Marines: U.S. Naval Operations in the Mexican War, 1846-1848,United States Naval Institute. pp. 291 Url Brockmann, R. John, (2009). Commodore Robert F. Stockton, 1795-1866: Protean Man for a Protean Nation, the only scholarly biographyCambria Press, Amherst, Massachusetts, pp. 622, , Url Douglas, Claude Leroy, (1936). Thunder on the gulf: or, The story of the Texas navy, Publisher, pp. 128, Url Dienst, Alex (2007). The Texas NavyFireship Press, pp. 208, , Url Fischer, Earnest G (1900). Robert Potter: Founder of the Texas Navy,Pelican Publishing Company Incorporated, pp. 320, , Url Garrison, George P., Editor, (1910). The Quarterly