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Confederate (CSV)

Ensign

James F. Murphy

(? - 1901)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

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.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest 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 & notes

Basic information from Thomas1.

Death

1901; 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]