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Federal (USV)

Private

James Murphy

(c. 1838 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 9th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 23 years. Enlisted May 4, 1861 at New York City; mustered in as Private, Company I, same date, to serve two years.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from State of New York1. The History2 has him as Murphy of the 9th NYSM, in Section 25, Lot B, Grave 215 at Antietam National Cemetery.

Birth

c. 1838

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 18 (for the year 1899), pp. 718 - 741 [AotW citation 12736]

2 Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, History of Antietam National Cemetery, Baltimore: John W. Woods, Steam Printer, 1869, pg. 105 [AotW citation 12771]

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