| 1861 | M. Adrien Persac paints two pictures of the Weeks/Moore home on Bayou Teche for which Mary C. Moore pays $102 |
| 1861 | John Moore serves as delegate to the Louisiana Secession Convention, and Louisiana secedes from the Union. |
| 1862 | William F. Weeks tries to continue plantation operations by purchasing ship to run Union blockades and get sugar to market in Texas |
| 1863 | William, Alfred, and Charles Weeks, along with sister Harriet Weeks Meade and Judge John Moore all leave the Teche Country to live as refugees for the remainder of the war in northern Louisiana and Texas, taking their slaves and as much of their valuables as possible to avoid confiscation by the Federal Troops. |
| 1863 | In November the Federal Troops occupy the Shadows gardens and first floor of the house while Mary C. Moore continues to reside on the 2nd floor with her sister-in-law. |
| 1863 | Mary C. Moore dies in December and is buried in the garden |
| 1864 | Harriet Weeks, daughter of William & Mary Weeks, is born at the Shadows |
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