James F. Murphy

(? - 1901)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Mustered as Private in Company G, 4th Georgia Infantry on 25 April 1861. Promoted Color Sergeant, then commissioned Ensign in 1862. Wounded through both jaws at Malvern Hill.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Wounded at Chancellorsville. Wounded through left shoulder and right wrist at Spottsylvania. Wounded at Winchester 19 September 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox.

After the War:
Died at Georgia Soldier's Home in 1901.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Thomas 1.

Death Place: Atlanta, GA

Notes

1 Thomas, Henry Walter, History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, Atlanta: Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., 1903, pp. 87, 157 - 164 [AotW citation 2662]

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